Allstate Ins. Co. v. Boecher

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• ruling that information on the frequency of an expert witness’s testimony and payments to the expert was discoverable from the insurer, a party defendant
• explaining that the Langston holding did not expand certiorari review in the discovery context, and reiterating that the governing standard of irreparable harm is the proper focus for an appellate court
• noting the Florida Supreme Court's disapproval of decisions tending to equate irrelevant discovery requests with irreparable harm
• discussing discoverability of information regarding the extent of a party’s relationship with an expert to show bias, including the financial relationship
• “Where an insurer provides a defense for its insured and is acting as the insured’s agent, the insurer’s relationship to an expert is discoverable from the insured.”
• “The more extensive the financial relationship between a party and a witness, the more it is likely that the witness has a vested interest in that financially beneficial relationship continuing.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).