Opinion
No. 93-0415.
September 8, 1993.
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court for Palm Beach County; James T. Carlisle, Judge.
Kenneth J. Moran of McGuire Woods Battle Boothe, Richmond, Virginia, Steven J. Rothman and Mark B. Kleinfeld of Jones, Foster, Johnston Stubbs, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Jeffrey M. Liggio of Liggio Luckman, and Philip M. Burlington of Edna L. Caruso, P.A., West Palm Beach, for respondents.
Alfred W. Cortese, Jr., and Kathleen L. Blaner of Kirkland Ellis, Washington, DC, and George N. Meros, Jr. of Rumberger, Kirk Caldwell, Tallahassee, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Loren E. Levy, Tallahassee, for amicus curiae Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
We grant the petition for writ of certiorari and quash the order compelling disclosure of information which the parties did not dispute constituted a trade secret. Respondents failed to meet their burden to demonstrate that such disclosure was reasonably necessary. See Freedom Newspapers, Inc. v. Egly, 507 So.2d 1180, 1184 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987); Goodyear Tire Rubber Co. v. Cooey, 359 So.2d 1200 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978); East Colonial Refuse Service, Inc. v. Velocci, 416 So.2d 1276 (Fla. 5th DCA 1982).
ANSTEAD, HERSEY and POLEN, JJ., concur.