TOMKINS INDUSTRIES, INC. v. WARREN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

No. 3D00-1774.

768 So.2d 1125 (2000)

TOMKINS INDUSTRIES, INC., Petitioner, v. WARREN TECHNOLOGY, INC., f/k/a Warren Manufacturing Co., Inc., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDermott, Will & Emery, and Steven E. Siff, Miami, for petitioner.

Krupnick Campbell Malone Roselli Buser Slama & Hancock, and Walter G. Campbell, Fort Lauderdale; Curtis & Curtis, and Edward R. Curtis, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.

Before COPE, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.


SHEVIN, Judge.

Tomkins Industries, Inc., seeks a writ of certiorari to quash a trial court order granting plaintiff, Warren Technology, Inc.'s challenge to a special master's report. We grant certiorari and quash the order.

At issue in this case is whether a draft of a proposed letter from Tomkins to Warren that Tomkins forwarded to its corporate counsel for suggestions and advice is protected by attorney-client privilege. The draft contained handwritten notations...

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