Merco Group Of The Palm Beaches, Inc. v. John G. McGregor, David Ghysels, David Sarag

Petitioner, Merco Group of the Palm Beaches, Inc., defendant below, seeks cer-tiorari review of the trial court’s order compelling production of various documents to respondent, John G. McGregor, David Ghysels, et al., plaintiffs below (“plaintiffs”). Petitioner claims that the court ordered production of attorney-client privileged documents based upon the crime-fraud exception without affording petitioner an evidentiary hearing to explain the prima facie case established by plaintiffs. We agree that the court departed from- the essential requirements of law by failing to conduct an…