ICI Explosives USA Inc. v. Douglas

We grant certiorari and quash the trial court’s order compelling discovery of information which is work product. Lifshutz v. Citizens and Southern National Bank of Florida, 626 So.2d 252 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993).

Petitioners are defendants in an accident case. Respondent plaintiffs, while deposing defendants’ employees who investigated the accident in anticipation of litigation, asked them questions regarding what witnesses told them and what their (the deponents’) contentions were as to how the accident occurred. The deponents were the safety director for the company who was assigned by the…