Allstate Ins. Co. v. Langston

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that discovery of information protected 11 by a privilege may reasonably cause irreparable harm
• recognizing that “discovery request [for] — internal procedural memos, claims manuals, and standards for proper investigation of claims — do, as the district court noted, appear irrelevant”
• holding that certiorari review is proper when an order implicates a violation of the parties’ constitutional rights and the harm cannot be corrected on plenary appeal
• concluding that discovery of information protected by a privilege may reasonably cause irreparable harm
• holding discovery of information protected by privilege “ ‘may reasonably cause material injury of an irreparable nature’ ” (quoting Martin-Johnson v. Savage, 509 So.2d 1097, 1100 (Fla. 1987))
• explaining that “certain kinds of information ‘may reasonably cause material injury of an irreparable nature,’” including “cat out of the bag” information such as that “protected by privilege, trade secrets, work product, or involving a confidential informant”

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