Case Name: Steve CONATSER, Petitioner, v. Clifton BROWN, an individual, and Shane Campbell, an individual, jointly and severally, Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-08-21
Citations: 603 So. 2d 707
Docket Number: No. 92-02232
Parties: Steve CONATSER, Petitioner, v. Clifton BROWN, an individual, and Shane Campbell, an individual, jointly and severally, Respondents.
Judges: CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and HALL and THREADGILL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 603
Pages: 707–707

Head Matter:
Steve CONATSER, Petitioner, v. Clifton BROWN, an individual, and Shane Campbell, an individual, jointly and severally, Respondents.
No. 92-02232.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Aug. 21, 1992.
John Hugh Shannon, Lakeland, for petitioner.
J. Michael Hunter, Lakeland, for respondents.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Steve Conatser seeks certiorari review of a circuit court order which requires him to submit to a physical examination but prohibits his attorney from being present. As a general rule, absent any valid reason to exclude the patient's counsel or other representative, their presence should be allowed. Stakely v. Allstate Insurance Co., 547 So.2d 275 (Fla. 2d DCA1989). The record in the present case does not support the trial court's decision to bar counsel from the examination.
Accordingly, the petition for writ of cer-tiorari is granted and this case is remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
CAMPBELL, A.C.J., and HALL and THREADGILL, JJ., concur.