FLORIDA FARM BUREAU GEN. INS. CO. v. COPERTINO

No. 4D01-2858.

810 So.2d 1076 (2002)

FLORIDA FARM BUREAU GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Nicholas Frank COPERTINO and Nicholas T. Copertino, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Kreusler-Walsh of Jane Kreusler-Walsh, P.A., West Palm Beach, Greg M. Gaebe of Gaebe, Murphy, Mullen & Antonelli, Coral Gables, J. Michael Burman of Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman, North Palm Beach, and Donald H. Partington of Clark, Partington, Hart, et al., Pensacola, for petitioner.

Philip M. Burlington of Caruso, Burlington, Bohn & Compiani, P.A., and Louis M. Silber of Silber & Valente, West Palm Beach, for respondents Nicholas Frank Copertino and Nicholas T. Copertino.

Gary E. Sherman of Law Offices of Gary E. Sherman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for respondents Maribel Farinas and Margarita Farinas.

Brian J. Glick of Glick & Retamar, Boca Raton, for respondents Susan Walker, Irving Slosberg, Rochelle Slosberg, Emily Slosberg and Ligia Gallego.


WARNER, J.

By this petition for certiorari, petitioner, Florida Farm Bureau ("FFB"), seeks to quash a circuit court order requiring it to produce two memoranda prepared by its employees during litigation over insurance coverage for claims arising from an automobile accident involving multiple deaths and injuries. FFB insisted that the memos were protected work product. The court ordered their production based upon Allstate Indemnity Co. v. Ruiz,

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