GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. v. SCHALMO

No. 2D07-5069.

987 So.2d 142 (2008)

The GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, an Ohio corporation, Petitioner, v. John H. SCHALMO, individually; Kelly J. Schalmo, individually and as mother and natural guardian of Chelsea Decker, a minor; William McClintock, individually; Ruth McClintock, individually; Lazy Days R.V. Center, Inc., a Florida corporation; Fleetwood Motor Homes of Indiana, Inc., a foreign corporation; and Spartan Chassis, Inc., a foreign corporation, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Murray and Michael G. Shannon of Murray, Marin & Herman, P.A., Tampa, for Petitioner.

Hugh N. Smith and Christopher J. Roberts of Smith & Fuller, P.A., Belleair Bluffs, for Respondents John H. Schalmo, Kelly J. Schalmo, William McClintock, and Ruth McClintock.

Rutledge R. Liles and Katie L. Dearing of Liles, Gavin, Costantino & George, Jacksonville, for Respondents Fleetwood Motor Homes of Indiana, Inc., and Lazy Days' R.V. Center, Inc.

David C. Banker and Keith D. Skorewicz of Bush Ross, P.A., Tampa, for Respondent Spartan Chassis, Inc.


VILLANTI, Judge.

In this products liability case, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company petitions for a writ of certiorari. It argues that the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law by not complying with the provisions of the Florida Sunshine in Litigation Act when it entered a confidentiality order without first conducting an in-camera inspection of the documents sought in discovery. We agree with...

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