SHORT v. GAYLORD BROADCASTING CO.

No. 84-2576.

462 So.2d 591 (1985)

John M. SHORT, Petitioner, v. GAYLORD BROADCASTING COMPANY; Tampa Television, Inc.; Wtsp-Tv, Inc.; Times Publishing Company; and State of Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony S. Battaglia and Stephen J. Wein of Battaglia, Ross, Hastings, Dicus & Andrews, St. Petersburg, for petitioner.

Gregory G. Jones of Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., Tampa, for respondent Gaylord Broadcasting Co.

Gregg D. Thomas and Mike Piscitelli of Holland & Knight, Tampa, for respondent Tampa Television, Inc.

Jon H. Somsen of Whittemore & Campbell, P.A., St. Petersburg, for respondent WTSP-TV, Inc.

George K. Rahdert of Rahdert, Malone & Richardson, St. Petersburg, for respondent Times Pub. Co.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, James T. Russell, State Atty. and C. Marie King, Asst. State Atty., Clearwater, for respondent State of Fla.


OTT, Acting Chief Judge.

We deny this Petition for Writ of Certiorari because the trial court did not depart from the essential requirements of law. We write in order to give guidance to the parties and trial judge in this case and to the bench and bar as a whole, because the circumstances found in this case are likely to reoccur.

Petitioner was involved in the discovery phase of preparing for the defense of criminal charges filed against him. Members of the...

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