Publix Supermarkets, Inc. v. Santos

Publix Super Markets, Inc., petitions this Court for a writ of certiorari to quash the trial court’s discovery order that instructed Publix to supplement its response to an earlier interrogatory. We grant Publix’s petition for writ of certiorari because the trial court’s discovery order gives the respondent carte blanche to irrelevant discovery, thus it departs from the essential requirements of the law and causes irreparable injury to Publix, for which there is no adequate remedy on appeal.

Marisol Santos filed suit against Publix for common law negligence and negligent mode of operation.…