Case Name: Alice GOLDBERG, Appellant, v. Eli ROSS, Morris B. Horowitz, Maynard B. Ross, and Fogle, Connelly and Cook, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-11-02
Citations: 421 So. 2d 669
Docket Number: No. 82-173
Parties: Alice GOLDBERG, Appellant, v. Eli ROSS, Morris B. Horowitz, Maynard B. Ross, and Fogle, Connelly and Cook, Appellees.
Judges: Before HUBBART, C.J., and BARK-DULL and NESBITT, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 421
Pages: 669–669

Head Matter:
Alice GOLDBERG, Appellant, v. Eli ROSS, Morris B. Horowitz, Maynard B. Ross, and Fogle, Connelly and Cook, Appellees.
No. 82-173.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 2, 1982.
Neil J. Berman, Miami, for appellant.
Lewis H. Fogle, Jr., Miami, for appellees.
Before HUBBART, C.J., and BARK-DULL and NESBITT, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the trial court's order which denied discovery of a judgment debt- or's trust fund records held by his attorney upon a holding that the attorney-client privilege does not extend to such records. Ashcraft v. Harvey, 315 So.2d 530 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975); Silverman v. Turner, 188 So.2d 354 (Fla. 3d DCA 1966). Documents which are not privileged in the hands of the client cannot be shielded by transferring them to the attorney. Ashcraft, supra.
Reversed and remanded.