SALICK HEALTH CARE, INC. v. SPUNBERG

No. 98-1658.

722 So.2d 944 (1998)

SALICK HEALTH CARE,INC., Petitioner, v. Jerome J. SPUNBERG, M.D., and Bruce W. Phillips, M.D., and Columbia/JFK MEDICAL CENTER, INC., a Florida corporation, and The University Of Miami, a Florida corporation, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorie M. Gleim, Holly R. Skolnick, and Mark F. Bideau of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff, Rosen & Quentel, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Matthew S. Nelles and Peter M. Feaman of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP, Boca Raton, for respondent Columbia/JFK Medical Center, Inc.

James W. Beasley, Jr. and Robert J. Hauser of Beasley, Leacock & Hauser, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondents Jerome J. Spunberg, M.D. and Bruce W. Phillips, M.D.


PER CURIAM.

Salick Health Care, Inc., a nonparty to the proceedings below, petitions this court for a writ of certiorari quashing the lower court's order compelling it to produce documents it claims are proprietary and confidential trade secret information. Because we find that the trial court failed to first determine whether the documents sought constitute trade secrets, we grant the petition and remand for an in camera hearing and inspection.

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