Court Opinion

ID: 7689981
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 18:35:07.980983+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:26:40.939227
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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.