Ernst & Ernst v. Reedus

CARROLL, Judge.

On discovery to obtain evidence as to the financial status of the defendant Ernst & Ernst (a nationally operating accounting firm), incident to a pleaded claim of the plaintiff for punitive damages in an action pending in the circuit court of Dade County, an order was entered granting a motion of the plaintiff to produce. Thereby Ernst & Ernst was ordered to “furnish the most recent statement of earnings for the Ernst & Ernst partnership (including an allocation of net earnings to each partner in the partnership, including limited partners, if any).” By petition for certiorari…