HUMANA OF FLORIDA, INC. v. EVANS

No. 87-1764.

519 So.2d 1022 (1987)

HUMANA OF FLORIDA, INC., a Florida Corporation, D/B/a Humana Hospital Lucerne, and Humana Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Petitioners, v. Bruce W. EVANS, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Beik, of Hannah, Marsee, Beik & Voght, Orlando, for petitioners.

Lawrence D. Johnson, of Lawrence D. Johnson & Associates, Orlando, for respondent.


COWART, Judge.

Petitioners, Humana of Florida, Inc. and Humana Inc., seek a writ of certiorari to review and quash an order compelling them to produce an investigative report pertaining to a patient who died while hospitalized. Petitioners contend that the report is work product prepared in anticipation of litigation and is not discoverable absent a showing of need and undue hardship in obtaining the equivalent information.

Although, as respondent argues,...

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