Certain London Market Insurers v. Associated Aviation Underwriters, Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Certain London Market Insurers v. Associated Aviation Underwriters, Inc.

891 So. 2d 601, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 512, 2005 WL 124168

District Court of Appeal of Florida·Decided January 24, 2005·No. No. 1D04-1482·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

We grant the petition for a writ of cer-tiorari and quash the trial court’s order to the extent that the court expressly found that the opinions of attorney Neal Glazer and D’Amato & Lynch regarding the settlement value of the underlying case were not protected by the attorney-client privilege. See S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Deason, 632 So.2d 1377, 1383 (Fla.1994) (noting that the attorney-client privilege applies to confidential communications made in the rendition of legal services to a client); see also Home Ins. Co. v. Advance Mach. Co., 443 So.2d 165, 168 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983) (holding that a party’s simple allegation in a contribution action that a settlement was reasonable does not take a case out of the general rule that the mere bringing of an action cannot be said to have waived the attorney-client privilege).

GRANTED.

BENTON, LEWIS and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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PER CURIAM.

We grant the petition for a writ of cer-tiorari and quash the trial court’s order to the extent that the court expressly found that the opinions of attorney Neal Glazer and D’Amato & Lynch regarding the settlement value of the underlying case were not protected by the attorney-client privilege. See S. Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Deason, 632 So.2d 1377, 1383 (Fla.1994) (noting that the attorney-client privilege applies to confidential communications made in the rendition of legal services to a client); see also Home Ins. Co. v. Advance Mach. Co., 443 So.2d 165, 168 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983) (holding that a party’s simple allegation in a contribution action that a settlement was reasonable does not take a case out of the general rule that the mere bringing of an action cannot be said to have waived the attorney-client privilege).

GRANTED.

BENTON, LEWIS and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

Certain London Market Insurers v. Associated Aviation Underwriters, Inc., 891 So. 2d 601, 2005 Fla. App. LEXIS 512, 2005 WL 124168 (Fla. Ct. App. 2005).

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