Knauf Plasterboard (Tianjin) Co. v. Ziegler

The defendants, a Chinese drywall manufacturer and distributer (“drywall defendants”), petition this.court for a writ of certiorari seeking review of two non-final orders permitting discovery of the amount of punitive damages they actually paid in the post-judgment settlement of an unrelated case. They argue, the.trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law by construing section ,768.73(2), Fla. Stat. (2016) to allow for such discovery.1 We agree and grant the petition.

The drywall defendants were sued in a prior unrelated case (“Robin action”). On November 22, 2013, the "…