Paul J. Bupivi, as Personal Representative of the Estate Of: George L. Nicolay, Jr. v. Claude G. Pollard and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT PAUL J. BUPIVI, as personal ) representative of the Estate of George L. ) Nicolay, Jr., deceased, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D20-1122 ) CLAUDE G. POLLARD and STATE ) FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE ) INSURANCE COMPANY, ) ) Respondents. ) ) Opinion filed February 10, 2021. Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Circuit Court for Manatee County; Charles Sniffen, Judge. Ian E. Waldick of Boyd & Jenerette, P.A., Jacksonville; and Kansas R. Gooden of Boyd & Jenerette, P.A., Miami; (substituted as counsel of record), for Petitioner. Alan L. Perez of Mallard Law Firm, P.A., Sarasota, for Respondent Claude G. Pollard. DeeAnn J. McLemore and Charles W. Hall of Banker Lopez Gassler P.A., St. Petersburg, for Respondent State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. PER CURIAM.  Denied. See Dodgen v. Grijalva, 281 So. 3d 490, 491-92 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019) (concluding that Worley v. Central Florida Young Men's Christian Ass'n, 228 So. 3d 18 (Fla. 2017), which "held that the financial relationship between a plaintiff's law firm and treating physicians was not discoverable," did not apply to "discovery sought from the defense side of a case"), review granted, No. SC19-1118, 2019 WL 4805833 (Fla. Oct. 1, 2019); Younkin v. Blackwelder, 44 Fla. L. Weekly D549 (Fla. 5th DCA Feb. 22, 2019), review granted, No. SC19-385, 2019 WL 2180625 (Fla. May 21, 2019); see also Tyrak v. Garcia, 45 Fla. L. Weekly D2247 (Fla. 2d DCA Sept. 30, 2020); Tortorella- Andrews v. Delvecchio, 45 Fla. L. Weekly D65 (Fla. 2d DCA Jan. 3, 2020). VILLANTI, ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, and STARGEL, JJ., Concur. -2-