GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. PATON

No. 4D13-2166.

133 So.3d 1071 (2014)

GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Kelly PATON, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 8, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael De La Grana and James K. Clark of Clark, Robb, Mason, Coulombe & Buschman, Miami, for petitioner.

Bard D. Rockenbach of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach and Richard M. Benrubi of Liggio & Benrubi, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Geico General Insurance Company petitions for a writ of certiorari from two trial court orders that permit discovery of its attorney's billing records. The records were sought by the respondent in support of her claim for attorney's fees in the litigation below. We grant the petition because the respondent failed to make the showing required to obtain her opponent's attorney's fee records.

This case is controlled by Estilien v. Dyda,...

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