Westco, Inc. v. Scott Lewis' Gardening & Trimming, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that where a party claims a document is privileged and the trial court fails to conduct an in camera review or balancing test, the trial court has departed from the essential requirements of the law
• holding that where a party claims a document is privileged and the trial court fails to conduct an in camera review or balancing test, the trial court has departed from the essential requirements of the law
• under then-rule 1.280(b)(5) [now rule 1.280(b)(6)], “a privilege log is not required from a non-party producing documents”
• “When confidential information is sought from a non-party, the trial court must determine whether the requesting party establishes a need for the information that outweighs the privacy rights of the non-party.”
• “A trial court departs from the essential requirements of law in ordering production of confidential information without conducting an in camera review to determine whether the assertion of privilege is valid.”
• “When confidential information is sought from a non-party, the trial court must determine whether the requesting party establishes a need for the information that outweighs the privacy rights of the non-party.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).