Court Opinion

ID: 9780233
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 01:38:21.661637+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:33:59.488871
License: Public Domain

GROSS, J.,
concurring specially.
Although I find the trial judge’s order to be a departure from the essential requirements of law, I see no reason why the harm that will result from the order cannot be corrected on plenary appeal. The order fails to meet the requirements for certiorari review of an order denying discovery. See Romanos v. Caldwell, 980 So.2d 1091, 1092 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008). (observing that certiorari review of orders denying discovery “is reserved for extraordinary and highly unusual situations where the trial court’s order constitutes a serious departure from the essential requirements of law that cannot be remedied on direct appeal”). In a case where the defendant below has not been shown to have any responsibility for the sanctioned conduct of his stricken experts and prior counsel, there is nothing to prevent the trial judge from reconsidering the severity of the sanction he has imposed.