19 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1097b
Online Reference: FLWSUPP 1913GASSInsurance — Attorney’s fees — Discovery
DAYTONA CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC, LLC , as assignee of Joseph Gass, Plaintiff, v. USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. County Court, 7th Judicial Circuit in and for Volusia County. Case No. 2010 32185 COCI. August 9, 2012. Bryan A. Feigenbaum, Judge. Counsel: David B. Alexander, Orlando, for Plaintiff. Julia Pinnell, Orlando, for Defendant.
ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPELRESPONSES/BETTER RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF’SREQUEST TO PRODUCE REGARDING ATTORNEY’SFEES AND COSTS AND PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TOCOMPEL VERIFIED ANSWERS/BETTER VERIFIEDANSWERS TO PLAINTIFF’S INTERROGATORIESREGARDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS
THIS MATTER having come before this Honorable Court on Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Responses/Better Responses To Plaintiff’s Request To Produce Regarding Attorney’s Fees And Costs and Plaintiff’s Motion To Compel Verified Answers/Better Verified Answers To Plaintiff’s Interrogatories Regarding Attorney’s Fees And Costs, and this Honorable Court having heard arguments of counsel on July 27, 2012 and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, it is hereby,
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:
1. Pursuant to the authority provided to the Court by Plaintiff, including but not limited to, State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Palma, 555 So. 2d 836 (Fla. 1990), Finol v. Finol, 869 So. 2d 666 (4th DCA 2004) [29 Fla. L. Weekly D807c], Brown Distributing Company of West Palm Beach v. Marcel, 866 So. 2d 160 (4th DCA 2004) [29 Fla. L. Weekly D438a], Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Responses/Better Responses To Plaintiff’s Request To Produce Regarding Attorney’s Fees And Costs is hereby GRANTED.
2. Defendant shall produce to Plaintiff any and all attorney, paralegal, assistant and/or secretary time sheets related to this case, with all mental impressions and opinions of counsel redacted, no later than August 13, 2012.
3. Defendant shall produce to Plaintiff copies of all invoices (billing) submitted to the Defendant by counsel for the Defendant for all work performed related to this case, with all mental impressions and opinions of counsel redacted, no later than August 13, 2012.
4. Defendant shall produce to Plaintiff copies of all checks (payments) written for services rendered by counsel for Defendant on behalf of Defendant related to this case, with all mental impressions and opinions of counsel redacted, no later than August 13, 2012.
5. Defendant shall produce to Plaintiff all documentation which shows all case costs expended by Defendant related to this case, with all mental impressions and opinions of counsel redacted, no later than August 13, 2012.
6. Defendant shall produce the CV of Defendant’s expert witness, Valencia Percy Flakes, Esq., no later than Friday, August 3, 2012.
7. Plaintiff’s Motion To Compel Verified Answers/Better Verified Answers To Plaintiff’s Interrogatories Regarding Attorney’s Fees And Costs is hereby GRANTED.
8. Defendant shall provide better verified answers to Plaintiff’s Interrogatories Regarding Attorney’s Fees And Costs, numbers two (2) and four (4), stating how Defendant paid or will pay for all Defense counsel services related to this case (i.e., hourly, flat fee, etc.) and stating the total charges billed to Defendant by Defendant’s counsel for all attorney time, paralegal time, assistant time and/or secretarial time in this matter, no later than August 13, 2012.
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