Prosser v. PROUDFOOT CONSULTING CO.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Prosser v. PROUDFOOT CONSULTING CO.

24 So. 3d 587, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 15788, 2009 WL 3364969

District Court of Appeal of Florida·Decided October 21, 2009·No. 4D09-2907·Published

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The only issue properly before this court is whether petitioner is entitled to certiora-ri relief from that part of the circuit court’s order of July 10, 2009 compelling discovery. Petitioner has failed to demonstrate that the order is a departure from the essential requirements of law or that *588 complying with it will result in irreparable injury. We note that our review of this case was immensely complicated by the form of the trial court’s order, which is a one-page order that adopts a 194-page transcript of the hearing on the underlying motions. We understand the pressures on a trial judge in a busy civil division. Here, the judge made clear and precise rulings. Professionalism dictates that the lawyers for the parties should be able to cull out the rulings of a court from a hearing and present them to the court in a one or two page proposed order. Orders taking the form of the one in this case are difficult to review and enforce. An order in a lawsuit should be worth at least as much as the paper it is printed on.

GROSS, C.J., CIKLIN and LEVINE, JJ., concur.

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PER CURIAM.

The only issue properly before this court is whether petitioner is entitled to certiora-ri relief from that part of the circuit court’s order of July 10, 2009 compelling discovery. Petitioner has failed to demonstrate that the order is a departure from the essential requirements of law or that *588 complying with it will result in irreparable injury. We note that our review of this case was immensely complicated by the form of the trial court’s order, which is a one-page order that adopts a 194-page transcript of the hearing on the underlying motions. We understand the pressures on a trial judge in a busy civil division. Here, the judge made clear and precise rulings. Professionalism dictates that the lawyers for the parties should be able to cull out the rulings of a court from a hearing and present them to the court in a one or two page proposed order. Orders taking the form of the one in this case are difficult to review and enforce. An order in a lawsuit should be worth at least as much as the paper it is printed on.

GROSS, C.J., CIKLIN and LEVINE, JJ., concur.

Prosser v. PROUDFOOT CONSULTING CO., 24 So. 3d 587, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 15788, 2009 WL 3364969 (Fla. Ct. App. 2009).

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