STO Corp., a foreign corporation v. Greenhut Construction Company, etc.

Petitioner seeks certiorari review of a discovery-violation sanction order issued pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.380 deeming certain paragraphs of the complaint admitted after petitioner failed to fully comply with an order compelling production. As explained in Martin-Johnson, Inc. v. Savage, 509 So.2d 1097,1099 (Fla.1987), super-ceded by statute on other grounds, § 768.72, Fla. Stat. (1989),

[a] non-final order for which no appeal is provided by Rule 9.130 is reviewable by petition for certiorari only in limited circumstances. The order must depart from the essential…