Fourth DCA Judge Melanie May wrote the opinion Wednesday, finding that the trial court erred in permitting a Florida law firm to use evidence protected by attorney-client privilege. Photo: Melanie Bell/ALM.
When defense counsel Matthew A. Fiorello announced he’d be bolstering his case with records of payments between plaintiff counsel Lauri J. Goldstein and her client’s treating physician, Goldstein objected.
But Martin Circuit Judge William L. Roby kept them in play, triggering a series of events that saw Goldstein become a witness against her own client midway through trial.
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