In Re: Amendment to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC21-929 ____________ IN RE: AMENDMENT TO FLORIDA RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 1.280. August 26, 2021 CORRECTED OPINION MUÑIZ, J. Many courts apply the “apex doctrine” to protect high-level corporate officers from the risk of abusive discovery, while still honoring opposing litigants’ right to depose such persons if necessary. 1 Florida’s version of the apex doctrine, developed by the district courts of appeal as a common law gloss on our rules of civil 1. See, e.g., Tierra Blanca Ranch High Country Youth Program v. Gonzalez, 329 F.R.D. 694, 696 (D.N.M.…