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Balzebre v. Anderson

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Decision Date14 May 1974
Docket NumberNo. 74--228,74--228
Citation294 So.2d 701
PartiesAnthony F. BALZEBRE and Dorothy Balzebre, Appellants, v. Philip ANDERSON et al., Appellees.
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Page 701

294 So.2d 701

Anthony F. BALZEBRE and Dorothy Balzebre, Appellants, v. Philip ANDERSON et al., Appellees.

No. 74--228.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 14, 1974.

Edward C. Vining, Jr., and R. M. MacArthur, Miami, for appellants.

Rentz, McClellan & Haggard, Miami, for appellees.

Before PEARSON, CARROLL and HAVERFIELD, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs-counterdefendants bring this interlocutory appeal from a circuit court order requiring them to respond to a request to produce. The request to produce describes 'a net worth statement reflecting their assets, liabilities and net worth'. The order granting the motion states '. . . that ANTHONY F. BALZEBRE and DOROTHY BALZEBRE shall produce the materials sought in the Request to Produce . . .'. The basis for the request to produce was appellees' claim to punitive damages in its counterclaim.

We hold that the order is too broad in that a party may not be required to produce documents which it does not have and which are not shown to exist. See Fryd Construction Corporation v. Freeman, Fla.App.1966, 191 So.2d 487. Accordingly, the order appealed is reversed without prejudice to appellee...

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  • Syken v. Elkins
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 5 Octubre 1994
    ...no authority to order the discovery of nonexistent records. Bissell Bros. v. Fares, 611 So.2d 620 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993); Balzebre v. Anderson, 294 So.2d 701 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974).8 Here, the disclosures made by Dr. Glatzer, in fact, exceed that which we have outlined. Dr. Glatzer gave an estimate......
  • LeJeune v. Aikin
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 21 Septiembre 1993
    ...to order the discovery of nonexistent records. See Bissell Bros. v. Fares, 611 So.2d 620 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993); Balzebre v. Anderson, 294 So.2d 701 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974). The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the orders under review are quashed, and the cause is remanded to the trial ......
  • Caribbean Sec. Systems, Inc. v. Security Control Systems, Inc.
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 8 Abril 1986
    ...to be used for the purpose of harassment. Fritz v. Norflor Construction Company, 386 So.2d 899 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980); Balzebre v. Anderson, 294 So.2d 701 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974); Compare Buckley Development Co., Ltd. v. Tagrin, 270 So.2d 433 (Fla. 3d DCA 1972). To require "documents" as defined by......
  • Florida Keys Boys Club, Inc. v. Pelekis
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • 10 Febrero 1976
    ...documents that do not exist, relying upon Fryd Construction Corporation v. Freeman, Fla.App.1966, 191 So.2d 487; and Balzebre v. Anderson, Fla.App.1974, 294 So.2d 701. Appellants also rely upon the criminal appeal case of Simmons v. State, Fla.App.1971, 248 So.2d 229, for the proposition th......
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