RAV Bahamas Ltd. v. Marlin Three, LLC
Boat-slip owners filed a pure bill of discovery in Miami-Dade seeking documents from marina-related entities to decide whether to sue, probably in the Bahamas. The Third DCA reversed the final order granting the bill, holding that the complaint on its face showed the plaintiffs were improperly using the equitable remedy to substantiate suspected causes of action and to preview discovery for a prospective foreign action.
Key facts
- Boat-slip owners filed a pure bill of discovery in Miami-Dade County seeking documents from marina-related entities to determine whether to pursue claims, likely in the Bahamas.
- The trial court granted the bill of discovery and ordered the marina entities to produce the requested documents.
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Why it matters
This is one of the Third DCA's clearest recent statements confining the pure bill of discovery to its narrow equitable purpose, and it forecloses the increasingly common tactic of using a Florida bill to gather… — full analysis with a trial
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