BDO SEIDMAN v. BANCO ESPIRITO SANTO INTERNATIONAL, LTD.

Nos. 3D07-2472, 3D07-2746.

998 So.2d 1 (2008)

BDO SEIDMAN, LLP, Appellant, v. BANCO ESPIRITO SANTO INTERNATIONAL, LTD., ESB Finance, Ltd. and Banco Espirito Santo, S.A. (Nassau Branch), Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenberg, Traurig and Elliot H. Scherker and Elliot B. Kula, Miami; Greenberg Traurig and Karen Y. Bitar, Adam D. Cole and Caroline J. Heller, New York; Alvarez, Armas & Borron and Arturo Alvarez, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Holland & Knight and Rodolfo Sorondo, Jr. and Christopher N. Bellows, Miami; Thomas Alexander & Forrester and Steven W. Thomas and Emily Alexander, California; Berger Singerman and Mitchell W. Berger and Rene D. Harrod, Ft. Lauderdale; Berger & Singerman and James C. Cunningham, Jr., Miami; Billbrough & Marks and Geoffrey B. Marks, Coral Gables; Gonzalo Dorta; Gamba & Lombana and Hector Lombana, for appellees.

William W. Large, for the American Tort Reform Association and the Florida Justice Reform Institute as Amicus Curiae.

Before COPE, WELLS, and SUAREZ, JJ.


On Motion for Review

WELLS, Judge.

BDO Seidman, the judgment debtor below, seeks review of an order denying its motion to quash a notice of taking deposition subpoena duces tecum in aid of execution filed by Banco Espirito Santo International, Ltd., ESB Finance, Ltd., and Banco Espirito Santo S.A. (Nassau Branch) (collectively "Banco Espirito"), the judgment creditor below. BDO claims that the trial court erred in allowing Banco Espirito to proceed...

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