Herman v. J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.

Petitioner J. Maurice Herman, a/k/a Maurice Herman seeks certiorari review of a trial court order denying his motion to compel production of documents and response to interrogatories. The order constituted a blanket denial of discovery requests. Petitioner has argued that this left him unable to defend respondents’ declaratory judgment action and unable to prosecute his counterclaim. In these circumstances, we find a departure from the essential requirements of law resulting in material harm of an irreparable nature. See Giacalone v. Helen Ellis Mem’l Hosp. Found., Inc., 8 So.3d 1232 (Fla. 2d…