Buck v. Chin
19 So. 3d 1132 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2009) (October)
The trial judge overruled the defendant’s objection to compelling an expert witness to produce
documents showing how much income she earned from such witness services in the previous
year. The district court reversed. The district court noted that the Florida Rule of Civil Procedure laid out what expert witnesses must disclose and that anything beyond that required “compelling circumstances.” The plaintiff argued that the financial records showed potential bias on the part of the expert. The district court held, although possibly persuasive to a jury, the information fell short of the compelling circumstances standard.