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First Student, Inc., Firstgroup America, Inc., and Doreen Spillman v. Steffeney Williams, 18-1847 (2019)

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida Number: 18-1847 Visitors: 9
Filed: Jan. 07, 2019
Latest Update: Mar. 03, 2020
Summary: FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _ No. 1D18-1847 _ FIRST STUDENT, INC., FIRSTGROUP AMERICA, INC., and DOREEN SPILLMAN, Petitioners, v. STEFFENEY WILLIAMS, Respondent. _ Petition for Writ of Certiorari—Original Jurisdiction. January 7, 2019 PER CURIAM. Petitioners are defendants in a traffic-accident lawsuit. They seek a writ of certiorari, contending the trial court erred in compelling them to answer interrogatories that seek irrelevant information. To invoke this Court’s certiora
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          FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
                   _____________________________

                           No. 1D18-1847
                   _____________________________

FIRST STUDENT, INC.,
FIRSTGROUP AMERICA, INC., and
DOREEN SPILLMAN,

    Petitioners,

    v.

STEFFENEY WILLIAMS,

    Respondent.
                   _____________________________


Petition for Writ of Certiorari—Original Jurisdiction.

                          January 7, 2019


PER CURIAM.

     Petitioners are defendants in a traffic-accident lawsuit. They
seek a writ of certiorari, contending the trial court erred in
compelling them to answer interrogatories that seek irrelevant
information. To invoke this Court’s certiorari jurisdiction, though,
Petitioners must show irreparable harm. See, e.g., Mayport Hous.
P’ship, Ltd. v. Albani, 
244 So. 3d 1176
, 1178 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018).
A trial court’s error in granting discovery is ordinarily not a basis
for certiorari relief. Bd. of Trustees of Internal Improvement Tr.
Fund v. Am. Educ. Enters., LLC, 
99 So. 3d 450
, 457 (Fla. 2012).
Here, Petitioners make no showing of privilege or other special
basis that would overcome the general rule. We therefore conclude
that Petitioners have not shown irreparable harm, meaning we
lack jurisdiction to grant relief. Mayport Hous. 
P’ship, 244 So. 3d at 1178
.

    DISMISSED.

ROBERTS, RAY, and WINSOR, JJ., concur.

                 _____________________________

    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
               _____________________________


Therese A. Savona of Cole Scott & Kissane, P.A., Orlando; Kathryn
L. Ender of Cole Scott & Kissane, P.A., Miami, for Petitioners.

Raymond M. Ravis of Dunlap, Ravis & Miller, PLLC, Jacksonville,
for Respondent.




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