HTP, LTD. v. LINEAS AEREAS COSTARRICENSES

No. 94-42.

634 So.2d 724 (1994)

HTP, LTD., a Bermuda corporation, Petitioner, v. LINEAS AEREAS COSTARRICENSES, S.A., a Costa Rican corporation, and Lacsa International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, Mobile, AL, Metsch & Metsch, Lawrence R. Metsch and Benjamin R. Metsch, Miami, for petitioner.

William J. Brown, Miami, Hoffman and Hertzig, and Carl H. Hoffman, Coral Gables, for respondents.

Before BARKDULL, GERSTEN and GODERICH, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner, HTP, Ltd. (HTP), seeks a writ of certiorari quashing a discovery order compelling HTP to disclose income information establishing an "alter ego" relationship between the various parties to an alleged fraudulent scheme. We grant certiorari and quash the order under review.

We determine that the "alter ego" allegations are extraneous to the fraud claims in the complaint.1 Because the items ordered to be produced...

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