26 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 303a
Online Reference: FLWSUPP 2604CLAIInsurance — Discovery — Documents — Insurer is not entitled to discovery of trade secret documents not reasonably calculated to lead to discoverable and relevant evidence
CLAIMCAP, LLC a/a/o, THE KIDWELL GROUP, LLC d/b/a AIR QUALITY ASSESSORS OF FLORIDA, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN INTEGRITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF FLORIDA, Defendant. County Court, 9th Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County. Case No. 2017-SC-001251. May 25, 2018. Eric H. DuBois, Judge. Counsel: Leonardo Manon, III, The Law Offices of Gonzalez & Associates, Miami, for Plaintiff. Matthew Bernstein, Vernis & Bowling of Central Florida, P.A., DeLand, for Defendant.
ORDER
THIS CAUSE came on to be heard upon a Motion for Protective Order Regarding Defendant’s Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum of Air Quality Assessors of Florida’s Corporate Representative by Plaintiff, CLAIMCAP, LLC A/A/O, THE KIDWELL GROUP, LLC D/B/A AIR QUALITY ASSESSORS OF FLORIDA, and the Court having considered the motion, arguments from counsel, and being otherwise advised in the premises, it is hereupon:
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Plaintiff’s Motion for Protective Order Regarding Defendant’s Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum of Air Quality Assessors of Florida’s Corporate Representative is hereby GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.
2. Defendant is not entitled to the discovery of any contract, purchase agreement, or transactional amount between Claimcap, LLC and The Kidwell Group d/b/a Air Quality Assessors of Florida, as said documents and the information contained therein are irrelevant to the issues in the case and privileged under trade secret privilege and thus protected from discovery.
3. Defendant’s requests for the production of this privileged documentation and information is improper as it is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of discoverable and relevant evidence; and as such, Plaintiff is not required to provide any of the documents requested in paragraphs 13 through 18 of Defendant’s Notice of Taking Deposition.
4. Plaintiff is to provide Defendant prior to deposition with a list of cases that the corporate representative of The Kidwell Group d/b/a Air Quality Assessors of Florida has testified at trial within the last three (3) years.
5. Plainitff is to provide Defendant prior to deposition with a list of properties that Richard Glynn performed services for on March 18, 2016.
