RUIZ v. STEINER

No. 92-136.

599 So.2d 196 (1992)

Rosa RUIZ, etc., Petitioner, v. Leonard STEINER, M.D., et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 5, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen J. Haas, Spence Payne Masington & Needle and Janice Gallagher, Miami, for petitioner.

George V. Lanza, Coral Gables and Armando Cortina, Miami, for respondent Ricardo Garcia-Rivera, M.D.

James C. Blecke, Miami, Benito H. Diaz, Coral Gables, Burt E. Redlus, Miami, for respondents Leonard Steiner, M.D., Sheldon Munach, M.D., and Steiner, Munach, Gurvitch & Capati, M.D., P.A.

Hicks, Anderson & Blum, Miami, and Alyssa M. Reiter, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent Alejandro M. Hernandez-Cano, M.D.

Parenti, Falk & Waas, Miami, for respondent Doctor's Hosp. of South Miami, Ltd. d/b/a Larkin General Hosp.

Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.


LEVY, Judge.

By petition for writ of certiorari, petitioner Rosa Ruiz asks that we vacate an order of the trial court denying her motion to compel certain physicians to answer questions regarding a meeting to discuss an autopsy report on her deceased husband. We grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash the trial court's denial of the motion to compel answers based upon our finding that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law...

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