Case Name: The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. DAISY WORLDWIDE, INC., Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-12-03
Citations: 702 So. 2d 263
Docket Number: No. 97-2858
Parties: The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. DAISY WORLDWIDE, INC., Respondent.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and LEVY and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 702
Pages: 263–263

Head Matter:
The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. DAISY WORLDWIDE, INC., Respondent.
No. 97-2858.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Dec. 3, 1997.
Billing, Cochran, Heath, Lyles & Mauro and Hal Anderson, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.
Jefferson P. Knight; Douglas H. Stein, Miami, for respondent.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and LEVY and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.
Because the materials are entirely irrelevant and their production completely oppressive, the order below requiring discovery as to his personal financial information and concerning prior examinations performed on others by the physician who conducted a pre-insurance physical exam of the alleged insured is quashed in its entirety. Elkins v. Syken, 672 So.2d 517 (Fla.1996); North Miami Gen. Hosp. v. Royal Palm Beach Colony, Inc., 397 So.2d 1033 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981); Henry P. Trawiek, Jr., Florida Practice and Procedure § 16-12, at 295 nn. 21 & 23 (1997).
Certiorari granted.