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Filing # 119327419 E-Filed 01/08/2021 04:12:28 PM
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
15" JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND
FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO.:50-2020-CA-007471
V.C.A. UNITED, LLC,
Plaintiff,
Vv.
MELISSA L. HANSLER; and INTEGRATED
VASCULAR IMAGING, LLC,
Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING, IN PART, MOTION TO COMPEL
THIS MATTER came before the Court for hearing on January 5, 2021 on the Plaintiff, V.C.A.
UNITED, LLC’s (“VCA”) Motion to Compel the production of documents from the
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Deétenians, MELISSA HANSLER aid INTEGRATED VASCULAR IMAGING, LLC
(collectively “Defendants”). The Court has considered the Motion and the arguments of
counsel, and being fully advised in the premises, orders as follows:
1. With respect to the documents which the Defendants have agreed to produce (in
resnonse to requests numbered 1, 2, 7 and 11 of VCA’s Sentemher 9, 2020 Reanest for
Production (“the Request’)), all responsive documents shall be provided to VCA’s counsel
within twenty (20) days from the date of this Order.
2. With respect to the documents which Defendants insist should only be produced subject
to a confidentiality order (requests numbered 3, 4, 6 and 15 of the Request), the parties shall
agree to the form of a confidentiality order within ten (10) days from the date of this Order,
failing which VCA’s counsel shall advise the Court of the absence of an agreement, and the
Court will issue its own confidentiality order. Either way, the confidentiality order will be in
place within the next two weeks, and all responsive documents to the requests referenced in this
paragraph shall be provided to VCA’s counsel within twenty (20) days from the date of this
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Order.
3. With respect to the requests which Defendants suggest involve the disclosure of
confidential/proprietary/trade secret information (requests numbered 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, and 18 of
the Request), the Defendants shall submit the requested information to the Court for an in camera
inspection within twenty (20) days from the date of this Order, following which the Court will
determine which of the documents do or do not constitute trade secrets, after which, as to those
documents the Court determines constitute trade secrets, VCA will be afforded an opportunity at
a hearing to show a reasonable necessity for the information. Appropriate findings will
thereafter be made and, if necessary, safeguards concerning the production of any trade secret
information will be established by the Court.
4. As to requests 17, 19, and 20, ruling on Defendants’ objections are deferred pending
further hearing.
DONE AND ORDERED in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida.
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Glenn D. Kelley.
Judge
Conformed copies to:
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David K. Markarian, Esq., counsel for Defendants, at dave@businessmindedlawfirmcom and
davidg@businessmindedlawfirmcom
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