BARNETT BANKS TRUST CO., N.A. v. COMPSON

Nos. 92-02719, 92-02814.

629 So.2d 849 (1993)

BARNETT BANKS TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee of the Wilber C. Compson Revocable Trust Dated January 25, 1990, Petitioner, v. Mary C. COMPSON, individually, and Mary C. Compson as the Trustee of the Mary C. Compson Trust Dated February 7, 1990, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied December 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Stewart of Hardt & Stewart, Naples, for petitioner.

Timothy Parry of Harter, Secrest & Emery, Naples, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

Barnett Banks Trust Company, N.A. (Barnett), as trustee of the Wilber C. Compson Revocable Trust, seeks certiorari review of the circuit court's order compelling discovery of documents which Barnett asserts are privileged. This case involves the question of whether a trust beneficiary who litigates a position adverse to the trust may obtain from the trustee materials ordinarily protected by the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine. We find...

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