Case Name: NORTH RIDGE MEDICAL PLAZA, INC., as General Partner of North Ridge Medical Plaza, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership, and Richard K. Inglis, as Trustee, Petitioners, v. TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION d/b/a Tenet South Florida Healthsystem, Amisub (North Ridge Hospital), Inc. d/b/a North Ridge Medical Center, and FL Health Complex, Inc., Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-11-04
Citations: 719 So. 2d 1014
Docket Number: No. 98-1800
Parties: NORTH RIDGE MEDICAL PLAZA, INC., as General Partner of North Ridge Medical Plaza, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership, and Richard K. Inglis, as Trustee, Petitioners, v. TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION d/b/a Tenet South Florida Healthsystem, Amisub (North Ridge Hospital), Inc. d/b/a North Ridge Medical Center, and FL Health Complex, Inc., Respondents.
Judges: DELL, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 719
Pages: 1014–1015

Head Matter:
NORTH RIDGE MEDICAL PLAZA, INC., as General Partner of North Ridge Medical Plaza, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership, and Richard K. Inglis, as Trustee, Petitioners, v. TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION d/b/a Tenet South Florida Healthsystem, Amisub (North Ridge Hospital), Inc. d/b/a North Ridge Medical Center, and FL Health Complex, Inc., Respondents.
No. 98-1800.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 4, 1998.
Mimi L. Sail, and Patrick A. Barry of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and James 0. Murphy, Jr. of Byrd and Murphy, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.
Andrew D. Rafkin of Broad and Cassel, West Palm Beach, for respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash those portions of the order under review which deny petitioners' motions for a protective order. We remand for an eviden-tiary hearing as to whether M. Lee Pierce is an officer, director, or managing agent of North Ridge Medical Plaza, Inc., such that his deposition may be taken by "simple notice and without the necessity of serving" him with a witness subpoena. Plantation-Simon, Inc. v. Al Bahloul, 596 So.2d 1159, 1162 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992). Insofar as respondents seek discovery from Pierce in his capacity as the beneficial owner or real party in interest of the Inglis trust, his attendance at deposition must be obtained by subpoena.
DELL, SHAHOOD and GROSS, JJ., concur.