Federal Insurance Co. v. Hall

Federal Insurance Company seeks a writ of certiorari quashing the trial court’s order compelling production of its claims adjustor’s note pad entries. We grant certiorari and quash the order to the extent that it orders production of the adjustor’s notes. That portion of the order constitutes a departure from the essential requirements of law: the adjustor’s notes are protected by the work-product privilege. See American Reliance Ins. Co. v. Rosemont Condominium Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., 671 So.2d 250 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996); State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Valido, 662 So.2d 1012 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995).…