Case Name: PREVOST CAR, INC., Etc., Petitioner, v. VEHICLES-R-US, INC., Etc., Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-08-04
Citations: 658 So. 2d 668
Docket Number: No. 95-1282
Parties: PREVOST CAR, INC., Etc., Petitioner, v. VEHICLES-R-US, INC., Etc., Respondent.
Judges: PETERSON, C.J. and GOSHORN, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 658
Pages: 668–668

Head Matter:
PREVOST CAR, INC., Etc., Petitioner, v. VEHICLES-R-US, INC., Etc., Respondent.
No. 95-1282.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Aug. 4, 1995.
Bard D. Roekenbaeh and Daniel M. Bachi of Sellars, Supran, Cole, Marion and Bachi, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
John R. Hamilton of Foley & Lardner, Orlando, for respondent.

Opinion:
THOMPSON, Judge.
Prevost Car, Inc., a Canadian corporation and a defendant in a civil action filed in Orange County, seeks certiorari review of a discovery order compelling its corporate representative to appear in Orlando for deposition. We grant the petition.
Absent extraordinary circumstances, an out-of-state defendant who has not sought affirmative relief should not be required to travel to Florida in order to be deposed. See Kaufman v. Kaufman, 63 So.2d 196, 200 (Fla.1952); see also Brown v. Brown, 500 So.2d 655, 656 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986); Besco Equip. Co. v. Golden Loaf Bakery, 458 So.2d 330 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984). Prevost has not sought affirmative relief, and respondent, Vehicles-R-Us, Inc., has not demonstrated extraordinary circumstances. We, therefore, quash the discovery order under review.
PETITION GRANTED; ORDER QUASHED.
PETERSON, C.J. and GOSHORN, J., concur.