23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 614a
Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2306LATEInsurance — Discovery — Depositions — Non-parties — Insurer lacks standing to seek protective order as to deposition of insurance agency that issued insurance policy
ADENIKE LATEEF, an insured individual by and through his/her assignee, TAMPA BAY IMAGING, LLC, Plaintiff, v. SOUTHERN-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant. County Court, 13th Judicial Circuit in and for Hillsborough County, Civil Division. Case No. 14-CC-003844, Division H. October 23, 2015. Honorable Christopher C. Nash, Judge. Counsel: Jonathan J. Cagan, FL Legal Group, Tampa, for Plaintiff. Rhamen M. Love-Lane, Smith Rolfes and Skavdahl, Fort Lauderdale, for Defendant.
ORDER
THIS MATTER, having come before the Honorable Court on October 7, 2015, present for Plaintiff, Jonathan J. Cagan, Esquire, and for the Defendant, Rhamen Love-Lane, Esquire, and the Court being apprised of applicable case law, argument of counsel, and statute, as well as a review of the Court file hereby:
ORDERS and ADJUDICATES as follows:
1. Defendant’s Motion for Protective Order as to the deposition of the agency that issued the subject insurance policy (White Hoskin’s Cook Agency) is hereby DENIED; the basis for which is that this Defendant lacks standing to challenge on behalf of a non-party insurance agency which procured the policy.
