GEN. ACC. v. Borg-Warner Acceptance Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• disqualifying counsel because it “had acquired an unfair advantage by virtue of the inadvertent disclosure of ... certain privileged documents” (emphasis added)
• the receipt of privileged documents is grounds for disqualification of the attorney receiving the documents based on the unfair tactical advantage such disclosure provides
• insurer's claim file containing privileged material inadvertently sent by trial judge to opposing party's lawyer; lawyer disqualified
• insurer’s claim file containing privileged material inadvertently sent by trial judge to opposing party’s lawyer; lawyer disqualified
• disqualification of counsel required where there is possibility that parties obtained an advantage against opposing party due to counsel's review of opposing party's claim file and privileged documents
• disqualification of party’s chosen counsel is extraordinary remedy and should be resorted to sparingly

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

36 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Abamar Housing v. Lisa Daly Lady Decor
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-06-25· cited 22×
• Arcara v. PHILIP M. WARREN, PA
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-02-20· cited 19×
• Alexander v. Tandem Staffing Solutions
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-07-07· cited 18×
• Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. v. Vasa
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-09-20· cited 17×
• Minakan v. Husted
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-01-20· cited 16×
• In Re Estate of Gory
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-12-12· cited 16×
• Esquire Care, Inc. v. Maguire
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-09-30· cited 14×
• Burch v. Hon. myers/hon. bassett/lund
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2015-06-04· cited 14×
• General Acc. Ins. Co. v. Packal
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-09-16· cited 13×
• Kusch v. Ballard
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-11-09· cited 13×
• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Bowne
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-05-29· cited 11×
• City of Apopka v. All Corners, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-11-14· cited 11×
• Metrahealth Insurance v. Anclote Psychiatric Hospital, Ltd.
  M.D. Florida· 1997-04-11· cited 11×
• Carnival Corp. v. Romero
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-05-01· cited 10×
• ABAMAR HOUSING & DEVELOPMENT INC. v. Lisa Daly Lady Decor, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-12-04· cited 10×
• Nova Southeastern University, Inc. v. Jacobson
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-12-23· cited 7×
• Double T Corp. v. Jalis Development, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-10-25· cited 7×
• Pinebrook Towne House v. Ce O'Dell
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-02-03· cited 7×
• Adelman v. Adelman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-05-15· cited 7×
• State of Arizona v. Hon. marner/darren Goldin
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2021-06-01· cited 7×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Norton v. Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-10-04· cited 14×