VEGA v. CSCS INTERNATIONAL, N.V.

No. 3D01-414.

795 So.2d 164 (2001)

Luis VEGA, Petitioner, v. CSCS INTERNATIONAL, N.V., et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Pollack; and Charles R. Lipcon, for petitioner.

McAlpin & Brais, and Eduardo J. Hernandez, and James J. Feeney, for respondents.

Before LEVY, SORONDO, and RAMIREZ, JJ.


RAMIREZ, J.

Petitioner Luis Vega requests this Court to quash the trial court's order of January 10, 2001, imposing sanctions for spoliation of evidence and barring Vega from putting on any medical evidence related to or prepared by his physician, Dr. Gary Lustgarten. We find that the trial court lacked legal authority to impose such sanctions and therefore grant the petition for writ of certiorari.

On September 23, 1996, Vega fell from his bunk while employed...

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