Legal Opinion
Castle Key Insurance Co. v. Benitez
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 23, 2013No. 3D13-1758PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLogue, J.
Castle Key Insurance Company filed this petition seeking a writ of certiorari to quash a trial court order dated June 10, 2013, which granted a motion to compel better answers to certain interrogatories filed by Raimundo and Eugenia Benitez (“the insureds”). Castle Key asserts that the trial court order departs from the essential requirements of law by requiring the production of its claims file within the context of a breach of contract action by the insureds, prior to the resolution of whether coverage exists. We agree.
Under established Florida law, “discovery which concerns only potential…
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