Angelucci v. Government Employees Insurance

This case raises two challenges to evi-dentiary rulings made by the trial court. The first involves a violation of the Florida privilege against the use of accident reports and their contents at trial. The second ruling concerns a violation of the parties’ pre-trial agreement not to discuss the Plaintiffs’ finances. Because we agree with the Angeluccis that the district court abused its discretion when it allowed testimony about the accident report, we vacate and remand for a new trial.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The Appellants, David and Kathleen Ann Angelucci, were involved in a car…