Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2009

Prosser v. PROUDFOOT CONSULTING CO.

Prosser v. PROUDFOOT CONSULTING CO.
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 21, 2009 · Ciklin, Gross, Levine
24 So. 3d 587; 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 15788; 2009 WL 3364969 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Prosser v. PROUDFOOT CONSULTING CO.

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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