Root v. Balfour Beatty Constr. LLC
Root v. Balfour Beatty Constr. LLC
Case Date: | 02/05/2014 |
Citation: | Root v. Balfour Beatty Constr. LLC, 132 So. 3d 867 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014) |
Court Type: | District Court of Appeal |
Court: | Fla. 2d DCA |
Judge: | Judge: Morris Silberman |
Rule(s): | Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.280 |
Issues: | Plaintiff sought certiorari review of a discovery order requiring her to produce copies of Facebook posts, alleging that the discovery order departed from the essential requirements of law by requiring discovery that was overbroad and irrelevant. |
Resolution: | The Court granted Plaintiff’s certiorari petition, and quashed the order in part. The discovery at issue in the instant case was not related to Plaintiff’s negligence claim, nor to Defendants’ affirmative defenses. The discovery order instead related to Plaintiff’s personal relationships with her family, her mental health, and her previous lawsuits. The discovery order was therefore overbroad and sought irrelevant information not calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. |
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E-Discovery Issues: | Discovery Order, Motion to Compel |
E-discovery Tags: | Possession or Control, Preservation and Collection, Privacy, Relevancy |
E-discovery subjects: | Social Media |