22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 833a
Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2207ESPAInsurance — Discovery — Depositions — Failure to attend — Sanctions
YATES CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATES, as assignee of Mayra Espada, Plaintiff, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. County Court, 9th Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County. Case No. 2012-CC-17775. January 21, 2015. Jeanette Dejuras Bigney, Judge. Counsel: David B. Alexander, Orlando, for Plaintiff. Valencia Percy Flakes, Orlando, for Defendant.
ORDER
THIS MATTER having come before this Honorable Court on Plaintiff’s Motion For Sanctions Against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company For Failure To Show At A Duly Scheduled Deposition Of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company’s Corporate Representative and this Honorable Court having heard arguments of counsel on January 21, 2015 and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, it is hereby,
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that:
1. Plaintiff’s Motion For Sanctions is hereby GRANTED.
2. Plaintiff is entitled to all attorney’s fees and costs expended by counsel for Plaintiff surrounding the failed December 19, 2013 deposition as a sanction against Defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, and the Court hereby reserves ruling on the amount of said sanction.
3. The deposition of Defendant’s Corporate Representative, pursuant to Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.310(b)(6), shall by coordinated within fifteen (15) days from the date of this order and the deposition shall occur within ninety (90) days from the date of this order.
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