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SCI FUNERAL SERVICES OF FLA., INC. v. LIGHT

No. 4D02-581.

811 So.2d 796 (2002)

SCI FUNERAL SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC. and Service Corporation International, Petitioners, v. Joan LIGHT, Shirley Eisenberg and Carol Prisco, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry R. Davidson, Samuel A. Danon and Christina T. Ng of Hunton & Williams, Miami, and Dennis M. O'Hara of Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Ford, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.

Marc Cooper and Ervin A. Gonzalez of Colson, Hicks, Eidson, Colson, Cooper, Matthews, Martinez, Gonzalez, Kalbac & Kane, Coral Gables, and Neal W. Hirschfeld of Greenspoon, Marder, Hirschfeld, Rafkin, Ross & Berger, Fort Lauderdale, for respondents Joan Light, Shirley Eisenberg and Carol Prisco.

L. Martin Reeder, Jr. of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondent The Palm Beach Post.

John R. Hargrove and Dana J. McElroy of Heinrich, Gordon, Hargrove, Weihe & James, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and David S. Bralow, Orlando, for respondent The Sun-Sentinel Company.

WARNER, J.

Petitioners seek review of a protective order limiting public access to discovery conducted in the underlying action. Petitioners argue that the order did not go far enough in limiting the public's access to discovery. Because the trial court is granted broad discretion in determining what type of order is necessary, petitioners have failed to show a departure from the essential requirements of law. We deny the petition.

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