11 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 239c
Insurance — Discovery — Depositions — Plaintiff’s counsel to sit for deposition but does not have to provide better responses to discovery — Counsel to provide copy of contingency fee contract between counsel and client
AUGUSTINE V. JOSEPH, M.D., P.A., As assignee of ANGELA THOMAS, Plaintiff, vs. PROGRESSIVE EXPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation authorized and doing business in the State of Florida, Defendant. County Court, 9th Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County. Case No. CCO-02-6325. May 27, 2003. C. Jeffery Arnold, Judge. Counsel: Roy J. Smith, IV, Weiss Legal Group, P.A., Orlando, for Plaintiff. George Milev, Adams, Blackwell & Diaco, P.A., Orlando, for Defendant.
ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER
THIS CAUSE having come on to be heard on PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER, on May 6, 2003 and the Court having reviewed the pleadings on file and upon argument of counsel, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1. Plaintiff’s Motion for protective order is hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Plaintiff’s counsel, Roy J. Smith, IV, will sit for his deposition. However, Plaintiff’s counsel does not have to provide better responses to discovery. Plaintiff’s counsel will provide a copy of the “contingency fee contract” between Plaintiff’s counsel and his client.
2. Defendant shall provide more complete Response to this Court’s Order Preliminary to Fee Hearing on or before May 26, 2003.
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