Josifov v. Kamal-Hashmat

Loews Miami Beach Hotel Operating Co., Inc. (“Hotel”), 1 petitions for a writ of certiorari quashing an order compelling disclosure of certain non-party identification information in surveys completed by guests at the Hotel. For the reasons which follow, we grant the petition and quash the order.

The Lawsuit

The respondent here, Iman Kamal-Hashmat, as personal representative of the estate of her late husband (“Plaintiff’), filed a complaint for damages for the tragic drowning death of her husband at the Hotel’s swimming pool in Miami Beach in December 2013. During pretrial discovery, the…