Toomey v. the Northern Trust Co., Etc.

Kristen Toomey seeks a writ of certiora-ri quashing a circuit court protective order preventing the deposition of two witnesses noticed by the petitioner in an effort to preserve their testimony. We grant the petition and quash the order. 1

In the underlying case, The Northern Trust Company, as trustee of the James L. Knight Charitable Term Trust under agreement dated March 26, 1969, 2 is the plaintiff in an action seeking construction of the Trust Agreement as provided in section 736.020l(4)(e), Florida Statutes (2015). Without fully detailing the alleged ambiguities in the Trust Agreement or…