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USAA Casualty Insurance v. Bejany

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Sep 16, 1998
717 So. 2d 164 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

Opinion

No. 98-2275.

Opinion filed September 16, 1998. JULY TERM 1998.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Jeffrey E. Streitfeld, Judge; L.T. Case No. 97-98 14.

Richard J. Suarez of Hardeman Suarez, P.A., Miami, for petitioner.

Neal C. Falk of Michael C. Knecht Assoc., P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, for respondent.


We grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash the order denying in part Petitioner's motion for protective order, over Petitioner's assertions of work product and attorney-client privilege. On remand, the trial court is required to hold an in camera inspection of the material at issue in order to rule on the applicability of the privileges asserted. See United Servs. Auto. Ass'n v. Crews, 614 So.2d 1213 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993); Allstate Ins. Co. v. Walker, 583 So.2d 356, 358 (Fla. 4th DCA 1991).

DELL, GUNTHER and WARNER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

USAA Casualty Insurance v. Bejany

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Sep 16, 1998
717 So. 2d 164 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)
Case details for

USAA Casualty Insurance v. Bejany

Case Details

Full title:USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Darwich BEJANY, Respondent

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Sep 16, 1998

Citations

717 So. 2d 164 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)