ROOT v. BALFOUR BEATTY CONST. LLC

No. 2D13-3205.

132 So.3d 867 (2014)

Tonia ROOT, individually and on behalf of Gage Root, a minor, Petitioner, v. BALFOUR BEATTY CONSTRUCTION LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation; Zep Construction, Inc.; C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc. f/k/a Cougar Contracting Specialities, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Construction Partner Inc.; DRMP, Inc.; Roadsafe Traffic Systems, Inc. f/k/a Nes Traffic Safety/Roadsafe Traffic, L.P. f/k/a Nes Traffic Safety, L.P.; Allied Engineering and Testing, Inc.; and City of Cape Coral, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Brannock and Celene H. Humphries of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa, and Todd R. Falzone of Kelley Uustal, PLC, Ft. Lauderdale, for Petitioner.

Helen Ann Hauser , Peter Restani , and Eric Farmelant of Restani, Dittmar & Hauser, P.A., Coral Gables, for Respondents Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC and City of Cape Coral.

Scott A. Cole , David Salazar , and Kathryn L. Smith of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Miami, for Respondent Zep Construction, Inc.

No appearance for remaining Respondents.


SILBERMAN, Judge.

Tonia Root, individually and on behalf of Gage Root, seeks certiorari review of the circuit court's discovery order approving a magistrate's recommendations and requiring Root to produce copies of postings on her Facebook account. Root argues that the order departs from the essential requirements of the law because it allows discovery that is overbroad and compels the production of personal information that is not relevant to her claims. We agree...

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