THESTREET.COM, INC. v. CARROLL

No. 4D09-2649.

20 So.3d 947 (2009)

THESTREET.COM, INC. and Melissa Ann Davis, Petitioners, v. Gary Donald CARROLL, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Hunter Johnson, Onier Llopiz, Joan Carlos Wizel and Richard Lydecker of Lydecker, Lee, Behar, Berga & De Zayas, LLC, Miami, for petitioners.

Steven J. Rothman of Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioners TheStreet.com and Melissa Ann Davis challenge two discovery orders which require them to produce information claimed to be protected under Florida's qualified journalist privilege, and which denied their motion to compel the return of documents they claimed were inadvertently provided. We grant this petition and quash the orders for reasons which follow.

Petitioners are a financial media company, internet website and publisher (TheStreet...

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