Opinion
8:22-cv-0842-KKM-SPF
06-17-2022
SORALIZ CARTAGENA and NELSON FIGUEROA, individually and on behalf of their child, J.F., a minor, Plaintiffs, v. MARIA MARTINO-VILLANUEVA, M.D., KRYSTA FEE, CNM, WOMEN'S CARE FLORIDA, LLC, and SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, INC., Defendants.
ORDER
KATHRYN KIMBALL MIZELLE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
Plaintiffs move to stay the case and conduct limited discovery. (Doc. 24.) Defendants Women's Care Florida, LLC, and the United States-on behalf of Defendants Dr. Maria Martino-Villanueva, Krysta Fee, and Suncoast Community Health Centers, Inc.-oppose the motion. (Doc. 31; Doc. 32.) Following a telephonic hearing, the Court grants the motion in part and will allow Plaintiffs to seek brief, limited discovery.
Plaintiffs' requests for production of documents are due to Defendants by Wednesday, June 22, 2022. Defendants must produce any responsive documents within the below-identified scope no later than Friday, July 1, 2022. Any supplemental briefing addressing whether Martino was acting within the scope of her independent-contractor agreement with Suncoast during Cartagena's labor and delivery must be filed by July 15, 2022. The parties may attach exhibits to support their arguments, but the briefing itself must not exceed ten pages.
As to the scope of discovery, Plaintiffs are permitted to seek discovery through interrogatories and requests for document production as to three categories:
1. Any employment contracts and addendums between Martino and Women's Care and Martino and Suncoast in effect in March 2017.
2. Any agreements between Women's Care and Suncoast in effect in March 2017 to the extent those agreements implicate Martino's job responsibilities for either entity.
3. Women's Care's billing records related to Cartagena's labor and delivery, if any exist.
ORDERED.