FIRST UNION NAT. BANK v. WHITENER

No. 97-2630.

715 So.2d 979 (1998)

FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA, etc. Petitioner, v. Jane R. WHITENER, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Presnell, and Stacey C. Rosenthal, of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Orlando, for Petitioner.

Mel Pearlman, of Mel Pearlman, P.A., Fern Park, and Lee H. Schillinger and John A. Brekka, Jr., of Law Offices of Lee H. Schillinger, P.A., Hollywood, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner seeks certiorari review of a discovery order of the lower court releasing a substantial number of attorney-client documents containing communications between the petitioner trustee and its attorneys from 1988 through 1995.1 For the reasons set forth below, we grant the writ and quash the order.

The action below is a breach of fiduciary duty action where a trust beneficiary claims the trustee bank, through...

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