Party Discovery: VILLAS AT EMERALD LAKE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION INC vs. ROYAL OAK HOMES LLC

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                                Filing # 131230141 E-Filed 07/22/2021 03:35:54 PM



                             IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
                                    IN AND FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA

        VILLAS AT EMERALD LAKE
        HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION,
        INC., a Florida not for profit corporation,

                Plaintiff,

        Vv.                                                    Case No. 2020-CA-002942-ON

        ROYAL OAK HOMES, LLC, a Florida limited
        liability company; ADVANCED WRAPPING
        AND CONCRETE SOLUTIONS OF CENTRAL
        FLORIDA, INC., a Florida corporation; DON
        KING’S CONCRETE, INC., a Florida
        corporation; HUGH MACDONALD
        CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Florida corporation;
        IMPERIAL BUILDING CORPORATION, a
        Florida corporation; PREMIER PLASTERING
        OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC. N/K/A TGK
         STUCCO, INC., a Florida corporation;
        WEATHERMASTER BUILDING PRODUCTS,
        INC., a Florida corporation; WWEINTRAUB
        INSPECTIONS & FORENSICS, INC. N/K/A
        WEINTRAUB ENGGINEERING AND
        INSPECTIONS, INC., a Florida corporation;
        THE DIMILLO GROUP, LLC, a Florida limited
        liability company; WOLF’S IRRIGATION &
        LANDSCAPING, INC., a Florida corporation;
         SUMMERPARK HOMES, INC., a Florida
        corporation; BROWN+COMPANY
        ARCHITECTURE, INC., a Florida corporation;

                Defendants.
                                                      /

        ROYAL OAK HOMES, LLC, a Florida limited
        Liability company,

                Cross-Claim Plaintiff,

        V.
        ADVANCED WRAPPING AND CONCRETE
        SOLUTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC., a
        Florida corporation; DON KING’S CONCRETE,
        INC., a Florida corporation; HUGH
        MACDONALD CONSTRUCTION, INC., a
        Florida corporation; IMPERIAL BUILDING
CORPORATION, a Florida corporation;
PREMIER PLASTERING OF CENTRAL
FLORIDA, INC. N/K/A TGK STUCCO, INC., a
Florida corporation; WEATHERMASTER
BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC., a Florida
corporation; WEINTRAUB           INSPECTIONS &
FORENSICS, INC. N/K/A WEINTRAUB
ENGINEERING AND INSPECTIONS, INC., a
Florida Corporation; WOLF’S IRRIGATION &
LANDSCAPING, INC., a Florida corporation,
BROWN+COMPANY ARCHITECTURE, INC.,
a Florida corporation;

        Cross-Claim Defendants.
                                                 /

WEATHERMASTER BUILDING PRODUCTS,
INC., a Florida corporation,

        Third-Party Plaintiff,

V.

ALL GLASS INSTALLATION CORP., a
Florida corporation; CASEY HAWKINS
GLASS, INC., a Florida corporation; DEAN
NESBIT, LLC, a Florida limited liability
company; HELBERG        ENTERPRISES,     LLC, a
Florida limited liability company; HOBBIT
WINDOWS, LLC, a Florida limited liability
company; T&M CONSTRUCTION OF
SANFORD, INC., a Florida corporation; WELL
DONE WINDOWS, INC., a Florida corporation;
and WELL HUNG WINDOWS & DOORS,
LLC, a Florida limited liability company;

        Third-Party Defendants.
                                                 /

 THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT, T&M CONSTRUCTION OF SANFORD, INC.’S REQUEST
    TO PRODUCE TO THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF, WEATHERMASTER BUILDING
                            PRODUCTS, INC.

        COMES     NOW,     Third-Party Defendant,    T&M   CONSTRUCTION      OF   SANFORD,     INC.

(hereinafter referred to as “T&M”), by and through its undersigned counsel, and hereby gives notice

that it has on this date served requests for production to Third-Party Plaintiff, WEATHERMASTER
BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.’s (hereinafter referred to as “WEATHERMASTER”) of the following

items for inspection and/or copying pursuant to Rule 1.350 within thirty (30) days of the date hereof.

                                           INSTRUCTIONS

        If any document herein requested was formerly in the possession, custody or control of the
WEATHERMASTESR           and has been transferred, lost or destroyed, WEATHERMASTER shall submit
in lieu of each document a written statement which:


            Describes in detail the nature of the document and its contents;


            Identifies the person who prepared or offered the document, and if applicable, the person
            to whom the document was sent;

            Specifies the date on which the document was prepared;

            Specifies, if possible, the date on which the document was lost or destroyed, the conditions
            or reasons for such destruction and the persons requesting and performing the destruction;

            If the document otherwise required to be produced by this request is withheld, Plaintiffs
            shall identify the document by stating its date, author, recipients and all reasons for
            withholding the document.

                                            DEFINITIONS

1       “WEATHERMASTER’” refers to WEATHERMASTER BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC. and
the employees, agents or attorneys of Plaintiffs and any other person acting for, or on behalf of
WEATHERMASTER,          or under WEATHERMASTER’s            authority or control;

2       “T&M” refers to T&M CONSTRUCTION OF SANFORD, INC.. any other person acting for,
or on behalf of T&M, or under T&M’s authority or control;

3        The term “document” shall mean the original and any copy, regardless of its origin and location
of all writings of any kind whatsoever including, but not limited to, any written, typed, recorded or
graphic mailer or other means of preserving thought or expression, and all, tangible things from which
information can be processed or transcribed, all abstracts, advertisements, appraisals, blueprints, plans,
specifications, diagrams, schematics, sepias, papers, books, correspondence, memoranda, outlines,
handwritten notes or comments however produced or reproduced, messages, letters, telegrams,
teletypes, telefax, cables, bulletins, notices, announcements,           notes of meetings or other
communications, interoffice and intraoffice telephone calls, diaries, lists, chronological data, minute
books, articles of incorporation, bylaws, resolutions, reports, studies, results of investigations,
analyses, evaluations, summaries, opinions. tabulations, pamphlets, printed matter, instructions,
manuals, brochures, punch cards, ledgers, invoices, shipping papers, vouchers, internal accounting
records, work sheets, accountants’    work papers, balance sheets, notice of wire transfers of funds,
budgets, tax returns, agendas, receipts, returns, computer printouts, data processing input and output,
raw and refined data, data sheets, prospectuses, financial statements, financial calculations, financial
projections, schedules, records of telephone or other conversations, affidavits, contracts, agreements
or proposed agreements, proposals, journals, statistical records, desk calendars, appointment books,
logbooks,     cancelled   checks,   bank      deposit or withdrawal      slips, bank   credit or debit memoranda,
passbooks, bank statements, transcripts, statistics, surveys, magazine or newspaper articles, press
releases, publications,     releases,   speeches,    (and   any and all drafts, alterations,      and modifications,
changes and amendments of any of the foregoing), graphic or aural records or representations of any
kind   (including    without    limitation,     photographs,   charts,    graphs,   slides,   microfiche,   microfilm,
videotape, records, voice records or motion pictures) and electronic, photographic, mechanical or
electric records or representations of any kind (including without limitation, tapes, cassettes, disks,
film and records);

4.      The term “documents” means every document or group of documents or communications as
above-defined known to you, and every such document or communication which can be located or
discovered by reasonably diligent effort;

5.       “Communication” shall be constructed in its broadest sense and shall mean                          directly or
indirectly describing, setting forth, discussing, mentioning, commenting upon,                              supporting,
contradicting, or referring to the subject or topic in question, either in whole or in part,                whether by
correspondence, telephone meeting or any occasion of joint or mutual presence as well as                    the transfer
of any documents from one person to another;

6.       “Relating to” and “Relate to” shall be construed in their broadest sense and shall mean directly
or indirectly describing, setting forth, discussing, mentioning, commenting upon, supporting,
contradicting, or referring to the subject or topic in question, either in whole or in part;

7.      “Date” shall mean the exact date, month and year, if ascertainable; if not ascertainable, your
best approximation of such date;

8          The term “you” and “your” means the party to whom these requests are addressed, including
its divisions, departments, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, present or former officers, directors,
owners or agents and all other persons acting or purporting to act on its behalf as well as each
partnership in which it is a partner;

9.       “Person” means any natural person, individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation,
association, organization, joint venture, firm, other business enterprise, governmental body, group of
natural persons or other entity;

10.        “Project” shall mean the construction and design, including window installation, provided to
the townhomes at issue in this case located at Villas at Emerald Lake in Kissimmee, Osceola County,
Florida.

11.     As used herein, the singular and masculine form of nouns and pronouns shall embrace, and be
read as applied as, the plural or feminine or neuter, as circumstances may make appropriate;

12.     When producing the documents, please keep all documents segregated by the file in which the
documents are contained and indicate the name of the file in which the documents are contained and
the name of the documents being produced;
13.      Each Request calls for not only documents in your possession or control, but also for
documents, information and knowledge that is available to you upon reasonable inquiry or request
directed to any entity or individual that is an agent, representative, employee or affiliate of yours;

 14,     Where any Request cannot be complied with in full, the request shall be deemed to require you
to provide the reasons for such inability to comply;

15.      Where a document that is responsive to a specific Request herein has been withheld on the
basis of a claim of attorney/client privilege, attorney work product or statutory authority, identify each
such document by setting forth its date, its author, all recipients of the document or other persons who
have had access to it, its general subject mailer, and the grounds upon which the document has been
withheld;

16.     Unless otherwise indicated, the relevant time period referred to in this Request for Production
is from 2008 through the date of your response to this Request.

                                DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED


    1   All invoices, orders, purchase orders, work orders, change orders, payment records, proof of
        payment and other back up documents identified, referenced in, and/or used to prepare, Exhibit
        D to WEATHERMASTER’s Third-Party Complaint.

        All installation instructions and manufacturer’s specifications for the products provided by
        WEATHERMASETR for use and/or installation at the Project.


        Dated at Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida this 22nd day of July, 2021.



                                                         AAT IM
                                                         Andrew T. Marshall, Esquire
                                                         Florida Bar No.: 0107010
                                                         Sara W. Mapes, Esquire
                                                         Florida Bar No.: 0112618
                                                         Hamilton, Price & Marshall, P.A.
                                                         2400 Manatee Ave. W.
                                                         Bradenton, FL 34205
                                                         (941) 748-0550
                                                         (941) 745-2079-fax
                                                         Andrew@hamiltonpricelaw.com
                                                         Sara@hamiltonpricelaw.com
                                                         atmservice@hamiltonpricelaw.com
                                                         Nane'   hamiltonpricelaw.com
                                                         Kelsey@hamiltonpricelaw.com
                                                         Counsel for T&M Construction of
                                                         Sanford, Inc.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
        I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was furnished
to all counsel listed on the service list below, via State of Florida E-filing Portal on the 22nd day of
July, 2021.




                                                       AebT IM
                                                        Attorney




                                           SERVICE LIST
 Phillip E. Joseph, Esq.                             Lannie D. Hough, Jr., Esq.
 Evan J. Small, Esq.                                 Robin Leavengood, Esq.
 Nicholas B. Vargo, Esq.                             Carlton Fields
 Allana D.E. Smith, Esq.                             4221 W. Boy Scout Blvd., Suite 1000
 Ball Janik LLP                                      Tampa, FL     33607
 201 East Pine Street, Suite 600                     mwalls@carltonfields.com
 Orlando, FL 32801                                   Ihough@carltonefields.com
 407-455-5664                                        nbonilla@carltonfields.com
 407-902-2105 Fax                                    leavengood@carltonfields.com
 pjoseph@balljanik.com                               bporter@carltonfields.com
 esmall@balljanik.com                                 johnson@carltonfields.com
  wargo@balljanik.com                                bwoolard@carltonfields.com
  smith@balljanik.com                                Counsel for Royal Oak Homes, LLC
 ypalmer@balljanik.cor
 cbetancourt@balljanik.com
 mwise@balljanik.com
 ctsengoles@balljanik.com
  rlandodocket@balljanik.com
 Counsel for Plaintiffs
 Thamir A.R. Kaddouri, Jr., Esq.                     Paul Sidney Elliott, Esq.
 Penelope T. Rowlett, Esq.                           P.O. Box 274204
 Beth Ann Tobey, Esq.                                Tampa, FL     33688-4204
 Law Office of Thamir A.R. Kaddouri, Jr., P.A.       pse@psejd.com
 3220 West Cypress Street                            Counsel     for        Hugh      MacDonald
 Tampa, FL 33607                                     Construction, Inc.
 813-879-5752
 813-879-5707 Fax
 THAMIR.KADDOURI@TAMPALAW.ORG
SERVICE@TAMPALAW.ORG
Counsel for Imperial Building Corporation
Peter J. Kapsales, Esq.                         Denise M. Anderson, Esq.
Margaret M. Efta, Esq.                          David A. Mercer, Esq.
Milne Law Group, P.A.                           Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP
301 E. Pine Street, Suite 525                   400 N. Ashley Drive, Suite 2300
Orlando, FL 32801                               Tampa, FL 33602
321-558-7700                                    danderson@butler.legal
pkapsales@milnelawgroup.com                     dmercer@butler.legal
mefta@milnelawgroup.com                         krieck@butler.legal
 service@milnelawgroup.com                       jorge@butler.legal
Counsel    for   Weathermaster       Building   tbarry@butler.legal
Products, Inc.                                  Counsel for Don King’s Concrete, Inc.
Timothy C. Ford, Esq.                           Jayne Ann Pittman, Esq.
Andrew E. Holway, Esq.                          Natalie C. Fischer, Esq.
Hill Ward Henderson                             Two South Orange Avenue, Suite 300
101 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 3700                Orlando, FL 32801
Tampa, FL 33602                                 407-649-9797
813-221-3900                                    407-649-1968 Fax
813-221-2900 Fax                                 serviceorl@conroysimberg.com
tim.ford@hwhlaw.com                             jpittman@conroysimberg.cor
 ndrew.holway@hwhlaw.com                        nfischer@conroysimberg.com
tracy.coale@hwhlaw.com                          mmaitland@conroysimberg.com
kathy.wernsing@hwhlaw.com                       Counsel for Advanced Wrapping and
derrick.calandra@hwhlaw.com                     Concrete Solutions of Central Florida,
Counsel   for Weintraub     Inspections     &   Inc.
Forensics, Inc.
Bruce R. Calderon, Esq.                         Andrew T. Marshall, Esq.
D. Bryan Hill, Esq.                             Sara W. Mapes, Esq.
Audra R. Creech, Esq.                           Hamilton, Price & Marshall, P.A.
Milber Makris Plousadis & Seiden, LLP           2400 Manatee Avenue West
1900 NW Corporate Blvd, East Tower, Suite 440   Bradenton, FL   34205
Boca Raton, FL   33431                          941-748-0550
561-994-7310                                    941-745-2079 Fax
561-994-7313 Fax                                Andrew@hamiltonpricelaw.com
bealderon@milbermakris.com                      Sara@hamiltonpricelaw.com
dhill@milbermakris.com                          atmservice@hamiltonpricelaw.com
 creech@milbermakris.com                        Kelsey@hamiltonpricelaw.com
kmedowell@milbermakris.com                      Counsel    for  T&M _ Construction        of
Counsel for Brown + Company Architecture,       Sanford, Inc.
Inc.
Joseph Zollner, Esq.                            Cole J. Copertino, Esq.
Law Office of Amy L. Warpinski                  Richard L. Russo, Esq.
P.O. Box 7217                                   Wright, Fulford, Moorhead & Brown, P.A.
London, KY 40742                                505 Maitland Ave., Suite 1000
904-346-5422                                   Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
866-270-1372 Fax                                copertino@wfmblaw.com
FloridaCDLegalMail@LibertyMutual.com           rrusso@wfmblaw.com
Joseph.zollner@libertymutual.com               cbraungart@wfmblaw.com
Counsel for Lios Concrete Corp.                lwilliams@wfmblaw.com
                                               Counsel for Well Hung Windows & Doors,
                                               LLC
Chelsey G. Moody, jr. Esq.                     Michael D. Ruel, Esq.
Mai M. Le, Esq.                                Kyle R. McNeal, Esq.
Moody & Graf, P.A.                             Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins,      Burr   &
1101 N. Lake Destiny Road, Suite 200           Smith, P.L.C.
Maitland, FL 32751                             400 N. Ashley Dr., Suite 1000
407-755-6900                                   Tampa, FL 33602
407-755-6913                                    813-977-1200
  moody@moodygraf.com                           813-977-1288 Fax
mil   mood: raf.com                             Tampaservice@gallowaylawfirn.com
kpollak@moodygraf.com                           mruel@gallowaylawfirm.com
tdixon moods raf.com                            kmeneal@gallowaylawfirm.com
Counsel for Premier Plastering     of Central | Counsel for Casey Hawkins Glass, Inc.
Florida, Inc.
Wayne M. Adler, Esq.
Fisher Broyles, LLP
7668 NW 125" Way
Pompano Beach, FL 33076
954-603-6174
Wayne.Alder@fisherbroyles.com
Counsel for E.R.O. Construction, INC.