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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO: 23- -559
GREGORY TEGUE,
Plaintiff,
vs.
CINDY HORNBUCKLE and THE
STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, a Florida Profit
Corporation,
Defendants.
/
PLAINTIFF REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION
COME(S) NOW the Plaintiff, GREGORY TEGUE, by and through the undersigned
counsel and hereby request(s) that Defendant, THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY a Florida Foreign Profit Corporation, produce for inspection or copying the
documents set forth below. Defendant shall produce these documents at 12800 University Dr, Suite
Fort Myers 33907 within forty-five (45) days after service of this Request for Production.
I. Definitions
As used throughout this Request to Produce, the following terms are defined as
follows:
"Document" is used in the broad sense and means any tangible object or thing that
contains, conveys, or records information. Production is required of the original, or any copy if the
original is not available, of any book, record, minutes of meetings, reports and/or summaries of
interviews, reports and/or summaries of investigations; opinions or reports of consultants; opinions
of counsel; communications of any nature, including internal company communications, memoranda,
telegrams, telexes, letters, notes of telephone conferences, agreements, reports or summaries of
negotiations, brochures, pamphlets, advertisements, circulars, trade letters, press releases, drafts and
revisions of drafts of documents, any written, printed, typed or other graphic matter of any kind or
nature, drawings, photographs, paper, communication, chart, tap, disk, card, wire or other electronic
or mechanical recording or transcript or any other instrument or device from which information can
be perceived, in the employees or agents, or known by Plaintiff to exist, unless otherwise privileged.
"Document" also includes copies containing information in addition to that contained
on the original (such as notations, computations, attachments, etc.), and shall include all copies of
documents by whatever means made and whether or not claimed to be privileged or otherwise
excludable from discovery. To the extent that a request that a request calls for the production of
multiple identical documents or things, only one copy of each such identical documents or things
need be produced. Two copies are not identical if one of the copies has any information, writing,
printing, or other marks not present on the other of the copies.
If any tape, disk, card, wire, or other electronic or mechanical recording or transcript
or any computer program is produced, such documents as are necessity for the decoding, putting back,
printing out and/or interpretation thereof, and any other documents which are necessity to convert
such information into a useful and necessity to convert such information into a useful and usable
format shall also be produced, in order to make this request under Rule 1.350 meaningful and genuine.
"Person" means any natural person, public or private corporation (whether or not
organized for profit), partnership, unincorporated association, governmental agency or body, or other
legal entity.
"Company" means any business or governmental entity to which this request is
addressed and includes all of its affiliated, subsidiaries, parents, divisions, successors in interest, and
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predecessors as well as all of its directors, officers, principals, partners, employees, agents,
representatives, attorneys, any other persons working for or on behalf thereof, whether temporary or
permanent, and any "person" in which Plaintiff has acquired an interest.
"Statement" means (1) any written statement made by a person and signed or
otherwise adopted or approved by him; or (2) any stenographic, mechanical, electrical, or other
recording, or a transcription thereof, which is a substantially verbatim recital of an oral statement
made by that person and recorded contemporaneously with the making of such oral statement.
As may be used in these Request "and" is conjunctive (meaning, e.g., A and B); and
"or" is disjunctive and inclusive (meaning, e.g., A or B, or both). No answer should be withheld, or
limited, because it refers or relates to only one, or to more than one, item in a request.
As may be used in this Request to Produce, the terms "trademark" and "service mark
shall be considered interchangeable, and the term "mark" shall be considered to refer to any
trademark, service mark, trade name, or business designation, or any other word, symbol, design,
logo, title, or slogan used to identify the source of origin of products or services. References to
'products" or "goods" shall be considered to include services.
II. Claim of Privilege
If any document or statement is withheld from this request under a claim of privilege, then
please furnish a list which identifies each document or statement for which privilege is claimed and
include the following information for each such document:
Description sufficient to identify.
The date(s).
The subject matter(s).
The sender(s) or author(s).
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The recipient(s).
The persons to whom copies were furnished, together with their job titles.
The present depository or person having custody of the document.
The nature and basis of privilege or immunity claimed.
The paragraph(s) of this request to which each such document or statement
relates or corresponds.
III. Grouping or Numbering of Items Produced.
Pursuant to Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.350, it is requested that the document or other items submitted in
response to this Request to Produce be organized and labeled according to the individual paragraphs
of the request to which they are responsive, and within each group, arranged in chronological order.
IV. Place, time, and manner of response.
A response to this Request to Produce is due within forty-five (45) days after service of this
Request to Produce and shall be made at the offices of Morgan & Morgan, 12800 University Dr, Suite
Fort Myers 33907, or at such other place as the parties may agree. Authentic copies of
document may be supplied, provided that existing originals are available for inspection, examination,
and comparison.
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DEFENDANT SHALL PRODUCE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS AND MATTERS:
All insurance policies that would inure to the benefit of Plaintiff, together with any declaration
of coverage page and sworn statement of a corporate officer of Defendant attesting to the
coverage and authenticity of the policy as required by Florida Statutes.
2. All internal procedural memos, regarding the handling of uninsured Motorist claims, which
were in effect during the last twelve (12) months.
3. Defendant's latest claims manual on processing Uninsured Motorist claims.
4. Defendant's most recent claims manual on processing and handling auto insurance claims in
general.
5. A copy of Defendant's standards for the proper investigation of claims, in effect at any time
during the last twelve (12) months.
6. Copies of any and all leaflets, brochures, memoranda, correspondence, warnings, or policies,
disseminated by Defendant or any of Defendant's agents, employees, or representatives, and
in effect during the last twelve (12) months, which set forth procedures, comments,
suggestions, guidelines or criteria for handling, adjusting, investigating, or settling Uninsured
Motorist claims.
7. Correspondence or Complaint forms which Defendant or anyone adjusting claims on
Defendant's behalf received during the last twelve (12) months from any field operation office
of The Florida Department of Insurance concerning the handling of Uninsured Motorist
claims.
9. Copies of Defendant's standards for the proper handling, investigation and recording of all
complaints received from insured or from The Florida Department of Insurance which were
in effect at any time during the last twelve (12) months.
10. Copies of any and all leaflets, brochures, memoranda, correspondence, warnings or policies,
disseminated by Defendant or any of Defendant's agents, employees, or representatives, and
in effect during the last twelve (12) months, which set forth procedures, comments,
suggestions, guidelines or criteria for handling, investigating, resolving or settling complaints
from insured or The Florida Department of Insurance regarding the handling of claims.
11. The entire personnel file of Defendant's adjuster known Terilynn Chapin.
12. Any and all information bulletins Defendant received from The Florida Department of
Insurance between December 20, 1999 and the present concerning the handling of uninsured
Motorist claims.
13. Any and all surveillance reports, claims history reports or other investigative reports claims
Defendant or anyone acting on Defendant's behalf prepared with regard to Plaintiff.
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14. Any and all surveillance films or photographs Defendant or anyone acting on Defendant's
behalf took of the Plaintiff.
15. The entire Personal Injury Protection file, including an up- -date PIP and medical payments
payout sheet concerning the Plaintiff.
16. Any and all statements Defendant or anyone acting on Defendant's behalf took of Plaintiff or
any witnesses.
17. Any and all photographs Defendant or anyone acting on Defendant's behalf took showing the
extent of damage to any of the vehicles involved in the accident.
18. Any and all photographs Defendant or anyone acting on Defendant's behalf took of the scene
of the accident at any time prior to the filing of suit.
19. Any and all estimates of repair or statements concerning the nature and extent of damage to
any of the vehicles involved in the accident.
20. Any and all writings, memorandums, notes or other materials reflecting Defendant's
examination of any of the vehicles involved in the accident.
21. Any and all records reflecting the towing of any vehicles involved in the accident from the
scene of the accident.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true copy of the foregoing has been furnished to the Defendant,
together with the Summons and Complaint.
__/s/ Angela Agostino_________________
Angela Agostino, Esquire
FBN 91290
Morgan & Morgan
12800 University Dr, Suite 600
Fort Myers, FL 33907
Telephone: (239) 243-0427
Facsimile: (239) 204-2291
Attorneys for Plaintiff
E-Mail: aagostino@forthepeople.com
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO: 23- -559 GREGORY TEGUE, Plaintiff, vs. CINDY HORNBUCKLE and THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Florida Profit Corporation, Defendants. / PLAINTIFF REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION COME(S) NOW the Plaintiff, GREGORY TEGUE, by and through the undersigned counsel and hereby request(s) that Defendant, THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY a Florida Foreign Profit Corporation, produce for inspection or copying the documents set forth below. Defendant shall produce these documents at 12800 University Dr, Suite Fort Myers 33907 within forty-five (45) days after service of this Request for Production. I. Definitions As used throughout this Request to Produce, the following terms are defined as follows: "Document" is used in the broad sense and means any tangible object or thing that contains, conveys, or records information. Production is required of the original, or any copy if the original is not available, of any book, record, minutes of meetings, reports and/or summaries of interviews, reports and/or summaries of investigations; opinions or reports of consultants; opinions of counsel; communications of any nature, including internal company communications, memoranda, telegrams, telexes, letters, notes of telephone conferences, agreements, reports or summaries of negotiations, brochures, pamphlets, advertisements, circulars, trade letters, press releases, drafts and revisions of drafts of documents, any written, printed, typed or other graphic matter of any kind or nature, drawings, photographs, paper, communication, chart, tap, disk, card, wire or other electronic or mechanical recording or transcript or any other instrument or device from which information can be perceived, in the employees or agents, or known by Plaintiff to exist, unless otherwise privileged. "Document" also includes copies containing information in addition to that contained on the original (such as notations, computations, attachments, etc.), and shall include all copies of documents by whatever means made and whether or not claimed to be privileged or otherwise excludable from discovery. To the extent that a request that a request calls for the production of multiple identical documents or things, only one copy of each such identical documents or things need be produced. Two copies are not identical if one of the copies has any information, writing, printing, or other marks not present on the other of the copies. If any tape, disk, card, wire, or other electronic or mechanical recording or transcript or any computer program is produced, such documents as are necessity for the decoding, putting back, printing out and/or interpretation thereof, and any other documents which are necessity to convert such information into a useful and necessity to convert such information into a useful and usable format shall also be produced, in order to make this request under Rule 1.350 meaningful and genuine. "Person" means any natural person, public or private corporation (whether or not organized for profit), partnership, unincorporated association, governmental agency or body, or other legal entity. "Company" means any business or governmental entity to which this request is addressed and includes all of its affiliated, subsidiaries, parents, divisions, successors in interest, and 2 predecessors as well as all of its directors, officers, principals, partners, employees, agents, representatives, attorneys, any other persons working for or on behalf thereof, whether temporary or permanent, and any "person" in which Plaintiff has acquired an interest. "Statement" means (1) any written statement made by a person and signed or otherwise adopted or approved by him; or (2) any stenographic, mechanical, electrical, or other recording, or a transcription thereof, which is a substantially verbatim recital of an oral statement made by that person and recorded contemporaneously with the making of such oral statement. As may be used in these Request "and" is conjunctive (meaning, e.g., A and B); and "or" is disjunctive and inclusive (meaning, e.g., A or B, or both). No answer should be withheld, or limited, because it refers or relates to only one, or to more than one, item in a request. As may be used in this Request to Produce, the terms "trademark" and "service mark shall be considered interchangeable, and the term "mark" shall be considered to refer to any trademark, service mark, trade name, or business designation, or any other word, symbol, design, logo, title, or slogan used to identify the source of origin of products or services. References to 'products" or "goods" shall be considered to include services. II. Claim of Privilege If any document or statement is withheld from this request under a claim of privilege, then please furnish a list which identifies each document or statement for which privilege is claimed and include the following information for each such document: Description sufficient to identify. The date(s). The subject matter(s). The sender(s) or author(s). 3 The recipient(s). The persons to whom copies were furnished, together with their job titles. The present depository or person having custody of the document. The nature and basis of privilege or immunity claimed. The paragraph(s) of this request to which each such document or statement relates or corresponds. III. Grouping or Numbering of Items Produced. Pursuant to Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.350, it is requested that the document or other items submitted in response to this Request to Produce be organized and labeled according to the individual paragraphs of the request to which they are responsive, and within each group, arranged in chronological order. IV. Place, time, and manner of response. A response to this Request to Produce is due within forty-five (45) days after service of this Request to Produce and shall be made at the offices of Morgan & Morgan, 12800 University Dr, Suite Fort Myers 33907, or at such other place as the parties may agree. Authentic copies of document may be supplied, provided that existing originals are available for inspection, examination, and comparison. 4 DEFENDANT SHALL PRODUCE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS AND MATTERS: All insurance policies that would inure to the benefit of Plaintiff, together with any declaration of coverage page and sworn statement of a corporate officer of Defendant attesting to the coverage and authenticity of the policy as required by Florida Statutes. 2. All internal procedural memos, regarding the handling of uninsured Motorist claims, which were in effect during the last twelve (12) months. 3. Defendant's latest claims manual on processing Uninsured Motorist claims. 4. Defendant's most recent claims manual on processing and handling auto insurance claims in general. 5. A copy of Defendant's standards for the proper investigation of claims, in effect at any time during the last twelve (12) months. 6. Copies of any and all leaflets, brochures, memoranda, correspondence, warnings, or policies, disseminated by Defendant or any of Defendant's agents, employees, or representatives, and in effect during the last twelve (12) months, which set forth procedures, comments, suggestions, guidelines or criteria for handling, adjusting, investigating, or settling Uninsured Motorist claims. 7. Correspondence or Complaint forms which Defendant or anyone adjusting claims on Defendant's behalf received during the last twelve (12) months from any field operation office of The Florida Department of Insurance concerning the handling of Uninsured Motorist claims. 9. Copies of Defendant's standards for the proper handling, investigation and recording of all complaints received from insured or from The Florida Department of Insurance which were in effect at any time during the last twelve (12) months. 10. Copies of any and all leaflets, brochures, memoranda, correspondence, warnings or policies, disseminated by Defendant or any of Defendant's agents, employees, or representatives, and in effect during the last twelve (12) months, which set forth procedures, comments, suggestions, guidelines or criteria for handling, investigating, resolving or settling complaints from insured or The Florida Department of Insurance regarding the handling of claims. 11. The entire personnel file of Defendant's adjuster known Terilynn Chapin. 12. Any and all information bulletins Defendant received from The Florida Department of Insurance between December 20, 1999 and the present concerning the handling of uninsured Motorist claims. 13. Any and all surveillance reports, claims history reports or other investigative reports claims Defendant or anyone acting on Defendant's behalf prepared with regard to Plaintiff. 5 14. Any and all surveillance films or photographs Defendant or anyone acting on Defendant's behalf took of the Plaintiff. 15. The entire Personal Injury Protection file, including an up- -date PIP and medical payments payout sheet concerning the Plaintiff. 16. Any and all statements Defendant or anyone acting on Defendant's behalf took of Plaintiff or any witnesses. 17. Any and all photographs Defendant or anyone acting on Defendant's behalf took showing the extent of damage to any of the vehicles involved in the accident. 18. Any and all photographs Defendant or anyone acting on Defendant's behalf took of the scene of the accident at any time prior to the filing of suit. 19. Any and all estimates of repair or statements concerning the nature and extent of damage to any of the vehicles involved in the accident. 20. Any and all writings, memorandums, notes or other materials reflecting Defendant's examination of any of the vehicles involved in the accident. 21. Any and all records reflecting the towing of any vehicles involved in the accident from the scene of the accident. I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true copy of the foregoing has been furnished to the Defendant, together with the Summons and Complaint. __/s/ Angela Agostino_________________ Angela Agostino, Esquire FBN 91290 Morgan & Morgan 12800 University Dr, Suite 600 Fort Myers, FL 33907 Telephone: (239) 243-0427 Facsimile: (239) 204-2291 Attorneys for Plaintiff E-Mail: aagostino@forthepeople.com 6