LIBERTY MUT. FIRE INS. CO. v. BENNETT

No. 4D04-606.

883 So.2d 373 (2004)

LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Petitioner, v. Harvey D. BENNETT, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Sandra L. Bennett, deceased, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janis Brustares Keyser of Billing, Cochran, Heath, Lyles, Mauro & Anderson, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Michael B. Davis of Paxton & Smith, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Liberty Mutual seeks certiorari review of an order requiring production of part of its file, in this statutory bad faith action, arguing it is work product. The trial court adopted the special master's recommendation that Liberty Mutual did not begin to treat the claim as one for bad faith until it forwarded the file to a lawyer to defend the bad faith claim, citing Allstate Indemnity Company v. Ruiz,...

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