Legal Opinion
Root ex rel. Root v. Balfour Beatty Construction LLC
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 5, 2014No. 2D13-3205PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILBERMAN, Judge.
Tonia Root, individually and on behalf of Gage Root, seeks certiorari review of the circuit court’s discovery order approving a magistrate’s recommendations and requiring Root to produce copies of postings on her Facebook account. Root argues that the order departs from the essential requirements of the law because it allows discovery that is overbroad and compels the production of personal information that is not relevant to her claims. We agree and grant the petition.
The underlying action is a negligence action filed by Root against the City of Cape Coral, a construction…
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