23 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 614b

Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2306EPINInsurance — Discovery — Depositions — Corporate representative — Insurer’s motion for summary judgment shall not be heard until deposition of insurer’s corporate representative has been completed

EDITH PINEDA, an insured individual by and through his/her assignee, PRESGAR IMAGING OF CMI SOUTH, L.C., Plaintiff, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant. County Court, 13th Judicial Circuit in and for Hillsborough County, Small Claims Division. Case No. 15-CC-004544, Division M. October 21, 2015. Honorable Herbert M. Berkowitz, Judge. Counsel: Jonathan J. Cagan, FL Legal Group, Tampa, for Plaintiff. Jennifer L. Heath, Oxendine & Oxendine P.A., Tampa, for Defendant.

ORDER

THIS MATTER having come before the Honorable Court on September 30, 2015, present for the Plaintiff, Jonathan J. Cagan, Esquire, and for the Defendant, Jennifer L. Heath, Esquire, and the Court being apprised of applicable case law, argument of counsel, as well as a review of the Court file hereby:

ORDERES and ADJUDICATES as follows:

1. Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel Deposition is GRANTED. Defendant shall provide its Corporate Representative for deposition pursuant to Fla. R. C. P. 1.310(b)(6), and said deposition shall be for all relevant topics related to this claim; such depositions shall be scheduled within the next fifteen (15) days to occur within the next sixty (60) days.

2. Plaintiff’s Motion for Protective Order for Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is hereby GRANTED; to the extent that Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment shall not be heard until Plaintiff has completed the deposition of Defendant’s Corporate Representative.