WATERMAN BROADCASTING OF FLA. v. REESE

No. 87-3073.

523 So.2d 1161 (1988)

WATERMAN BROADCASTING OF FLORIDA, INC., d/b/a WBBH-TV/20 and Lisa Zigman, Petitioners, v. Honorable Thomas S. REESE, Judge of the Circuit Court in and for Lee County, Florida, State of Florida, and Robert Peter Rosier, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Carta of Simpson, Henderson, Savage & Carta, Fort Myers, for petitioners.

Alan Rosenthal of Rosenthal & Yarchin, P.A., Miami, co-counsel for petitioner Lisa Zigman.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Louis F. Hubener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondents Thomas S. Reese and the State of Fla.


SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

Petitioners, Waterman Broadcasting of Florida, Inc. and Lisa Zigman seek a writ of certiorari to review the circuit court's order which denied their motion to quash a state attorney's subpoena directed to Zigman. We deny their petition.

Lisa Zigman, a television reporter employed by Waterman, conducted an exclusive interview with Dr. Robert P. Rosier. The interview, or portions thereof, was broadcast by WBBH, Waterman's television...

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