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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 20
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR
lotte Ci Clerk
cranerst Dates Mi0TI00 = 14:25:07 id: 54 CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA
aT willl 0004 GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION
CASE NO; 00-120 CA
SALLY SIMON, as Personal Representative
of the Estate of MICHAEL SIMON,
Plaintiff, '
vs. om
MARK ASPERILLA, M.D., MARK ASPERILLA, M.D.,
P.A., a Florida Corporation, DALE GREENBERG, M.D.,
RONALD CONSTINE, M.D., LEVY, BAKER, CONSTINE
& GREENBERG, M_D., P.A., a Florida Corporation,
SAMUEL ESTEPA, M.D., PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS,
INC., a Florida Corporation, NASIR KHALIDI, M.D., NASIR
KHALIDI & SAKINA KHALIDI, M.D., P.A., a Florida Corporation,
and CONRAD EPPING KOERPER, M.D., COLEMAN &
CASTELLON, M.D., P.A., a/k/éa CHARLOTTE RADIOLOGY
GROUP, and BON SECOURS-ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, a
Florida Corporation,
‘Defendants.
PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL
COMES NOW, the Plaintiff, SALLY SIMON, as Personal Representative of the
Estate of MICHAEL SIMON, by and through the undersigned counsel and moves this
honorable court to compel deposition dates of the Defendants, KHALID!, M.D., KOERPER,
M.D. and CASTELLON, M.D. and as grounds therefore would state:
1. On October 26, 2000, the court held a Case Management Conference at
which time the Court indicated that this case would be specially set for trial
in September, 2001. The Court chose this date, in part, due to the various
Defendants’ concerns over having sufficient time to prepare their cases for
trial and to complete necessary discovery.
2. Following the case management conference, the undersigned requested
noe?
or
CULMO & CULMO, P.A., 2400 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY, SUITE 100. MIAMI, FL 33133 + (305) 856-4004deposition dates for Defendants, Dr. Khalidi, Dr. Koerper and Dr. Castellon,
during the month of November, 2000 or in early December, 2000. Counsel
for each of these Defendants indicated that they are unavailable during these
times and would not be available until sometime in January, 2001.
3. Plaintiffs believe that the Defendants are imposing an unreasonable delay
by putting off these depositions for over two months. Such a delay would
hinder all parties’ attempts to timely prepare the case for trial and to timely
conduct other discovery, such as expert witness depositions, which are
dependant upon the depositions of these parties. Thwarting the orderly
process of discovery and engaging in unreasonable delay tactics are not
tolerated under the Florida Rules governing discovery. See, e.g. HZJ, Inc.
v. Wysocki, 511 So.2d 1088, (Fla. 3rd DCA 1987).
4. The Plaintiffs would request that these Defendants be compelled to make
themselves available for deposition in a reasonable time frame.
5. The undersigned has contacted each of these Defendants’ attorneys both
telephonically and in writing on numerous occasions to request deposition
dates in November or December, 2000. Thus far, Plaintiff's efforts to get
these depositions scheduled in a timely manner have been unsuccessful,
thereby necessitating judicial assistance.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs would respectfully move for an order compelling Dr.’s
Khalidi, Koerper and Castellon to be made available for deposition within a reasonable
time period.
CERTIFICATE OF GOOD FAITH
Movant counsel certifies that a bona fide effort to agree or to narrow the issues on
the motions(s) noticed has been made with opposing counsel or that, because of time
2
CULMO & CULMO, P.A., 2400 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY, SUITE 100, MIAMI, FL 33133 + (305) 856-4004considerations, such effort has not yet been made, but will be made prior to the scheduled
hearing.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
WE HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was seryed via
U.S. Mail to ALL COUNSEL OF RECORD (See attached Service List) on ed cay of
November, 2000.
CULMO & CULMO, P.A.
Co-counsel for Plaintiff
2400 South Dixie Highway
Suite 100
Miami, Florida 33133
Phone: 305/856-4004
Fax: 305/854-5445
t
Thonias A. Culmo, Esquire
Fla. Bar #775479
FACASES\SIMON\PLEADING\mcompel.depos
CULMO & CULMO, P.A., 2600 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY, SUITE 100, MIAMI, FL 33133 + (305) 856-4004SALLY SIMON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Simon, Deceased
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Lynn H. Groseclose, Esq.
Attorney for Asperilla
100 Wallace Avenue
Suite 240
Sarasota, Florida 34237
Phone: 941-365-0540
Fax: 941-366-5060
Craig Stevens, Esq.
7.
Attorney for Constine, Greenberg & Levy
George, Hartz, Lundeen & Fulmer
2000 Main Street, Suite 402
Ft. Myers, Florida 33901
Fax: 941-337-4303
John Hamilton, Esq.
Attorney for Dr. Khalidi
100 North Tampa Street
Suite 3650
Tampa, Florida 33602
Phone: 813-222-3939
Fax: 813-222-3938
DENNIS KOLTUN, ESQUIRE
Co-counsel for Sally Simon
7101 S. W. 102% Avenue
Miami, FL 33173
Phone: 305-595-8791
Fax: 305-595-5400
KELLY JO SCHMEDT, ESQ.
Attorneys for Bon Secours-St. Joseph
Hahn, Morgan & Lamb
2701 N. Rocky Point Dr., # 410
Tampa, Florida 33607
Phone: 813-281-9700
Fax: 813-287-2900
RAYMOND A. REISER, ESQ.
Attorney for Conrad Koerper
Reiser & Allison
4 SE 3 Avenue, Suite 1860
Miami, Florida 33131-1704
Phone: 305-379-5316
Fax: 305-379-6917
BENITO DIAZ, ESQUIRE
Attorney for Samuel Estepa
Diaz & Morel-Saruski
2912 Douglas Road
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Phone: 305-529-9910 Ext. 12
Fax: 305-529-9913
CLIFFORD L. SOMERS, ESQ.
Attorneys for Coleman & Castellon
Barr, Murman & Tonelli, P.A.
201 East Kennedy Blvd., #1750
Tampa, FL 33602
Telephone : 813-223-3951
Fax: 813-229-2254 or
Fax: 813-209-0214
THOMAS A. CULMO, ESQ.
Culmo & Culmo, P.A.
Co-Counsel for Sally Simon
2400 South Dixie Highway
Suite 100
Miami, Florida 33133
Phone: 305-856-4004
Fax: 305-854-5445
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 20 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR lotte Ci Clerk cranerst Dates Mi0TI00 = 14:25:07 id: 54 CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLORIDA aT willl 0004 GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION CASE NO; 00-120 CA SALLY SIMON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of MICHAEL SIMON, Plaintiff, ' vs. om MARK ASPERILLA, M.D., MARK ASPERILLA, M.D., P.A., a Florida Corporation, DALE GREENBERG, M.D., RONALD CONSTINE, M.D., LEVY, BAKER, CONSTINE & GREENBERG, M_D., P.A., a Florida Corporation, SAMUEL ESTEPA, M.D., PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, INC., a Florida Corporation, NASIR KHALIDI, M.D., NASIR KHALIDI & SAKINA KHALIDI, M.D., P.A., a Florida Corporation, and CONRAD EPPING KOERPER, M.D., COLEMAN & CASTELLON, M.D., P.A., a/k/éa CHARLOTTE RADIOLOGY GROUP, and BON SECOURS-ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, a Florida Corporation, ‘Defendants. PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL COMES NOW, the Plaintiff, SALLY SIMON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of MICHAEL SIMON, by and through the undersigned counsel and moves this honorable court to compel deposition dates of the Defendants, KHALID!, M.D., KOERPER, M.D. and CASTELLON, M.D. and as grounds therefore would state: 1. On October 26, 2000, the court held a Case Management Conference at which time the Court indicated that this case would be specially set for trial in September, 2001. The Court chose this date, in part, due to the various Defendants’ concerns over having sufficient time to prepare their cases for trial and to complete necessary discovery. 2. Following the case management conference, the undersigned requested noe? or CULMO & CULMO, P.A., 2400 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY, SUITE 100. MIAMI, FL 33133 + (305) 856-4004deposition dates for Defendants, Dr. Khalidi, Dr. Koerper and Dr. Castellon, during the month of November, 2000 or in early December, 2000. Counsel for each of these Defendants indicated that they are unavailable during these times and would not be available until sometime in January, 2001. 3. Plaintiffs believe that the Defendants are imposing an unreasonable delay by putting off these depositions for over two months. Such a delay would hinder all parties’ attempts to timely prepare the case for trial and to timely conduct other discovery, such as expert witness depositions, which are dependant upon the depositions of these parties. Thwarting the orderly process of discovery and engaging in unreasonable delay tactics are not tolerated under the Florida Rules governing discovery. See, e.g. HZJ, Inc. v. Wysocki, 511 So.2d 1088, (Fla. 3rd DCA 1987). 4. The Plaintiffs would request that these Defendants be compelled to make themselves available for deposition in a reasonable time frame. 5. The undersigned has contacted each of these Defendants’ attorneys both telephonically and in writing on numerous occasions to request deposition dates in November or December, 2000. Thus far, Plaintiff's efforts to get these depositions scheduled in a timely manner have been unsuccessful, thereby necessitating judicial assistance. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs would respectfully move for an order compelling Dr.’s Khalidi, Koerper and Castellon to be made available for deposition within a reasonable time period. CERTIFICATE OF GOOD FAITH Movant counsel certifies that a bona fide effort to agree or to narrow the issues on the motions(s) noticed has been made with opposing counsel or that, because of time 2 CULMO & CULMO, P.A., 2400 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY, SUITE 100, MIAMI, FL 33133 + (305) 856-4004considerations, such effort has not yet been made, but will be made prior to the scheduled hearing. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE WE HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was seryed via U.S. Mail to ALL COUNSEL OF RECORD (See attached Service List) on ed cay of November, 2000. CULMO & CULMO, P.A. Co-counsel for Plaintiff 2400 South Dixie Highway Suite 100 Miami, Florida 33133 Phone: 305/856-4004 Fax: 305/854-5445 t Thonias A. Culmo, Esquire Fla. Bar #775479 FACASES\SIMON\PLEADING\mcompel.depos CULMO & CULMO, P.A., 2600 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY, SUITE 100, MIAMI, FL 33133 + (305) 856-4004SALLY SIMON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Simon, Deceased CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Lynn H. Groseclose, Esq. Attorney for Asperilla 100 Wallace Avenue Suite 240 Sarasota, Florida 34237 Phone: 941-365-0540 Fax: 941-366-5060 Craig Stevens, Esq. 7. Attorney for Constine, Greenberg & Levy George, Hartz, Lundeen & Fulmer 2000 Main Street, Suite 402 Ft. Myers, Florida 33901 Fax: 941-337-4303 John Hamilton, Esq. Attorney for Dr. Khalidi 100 North Tampa Street Suite 3650 Tampa, Florida 33602 Phone: 813-222-3939 Fax: 813-222-3938 DENNIS KOLTUN, ESQUIRE Co-counsel for Sally Simon 7101 S. W. 102% Avenue Miami, FL 33173 Phone: 305-595-8791 Fax: 305-595-5400 KELLY JO SCHMEDT, ESQ. Attorneys for Bon Secours-St. Joseph Hahn, Morgan & Lamb 2701 N. Rocky Point Dr., # 410 Tampa, Florida 33607 Phone: 813-281-9700 Fax: 813-287-2900 RAYMOND A. REISER, ESQ. Attorney for Conrad Koerper Reiser & Allison 4 SE 3 Avenue, Suite 1860 Miami, Florida 33131-1704 Phone: 305-379-5316 Fax: 305-379-6917 BENITO DIAZ, ESQUIRE Attorney for Samuel Estepa Diaz & Morel-Saruski 2912 Douglas Road Coral Gables, FL 33134 Phone: 305-529-9910 Ext. 12 Fax: 305-529-9913 CLIFFORD L. SOMERS, ESQ. Attorneys for Coleman & Castellon Barr, Murman & Tonelli, P.A. 201 East Kennedy Blvd., #1750 Tampa, FL 33602 Telephone : 813-223-3951 Fax: 813-229-2254 or Fax: 813-209-0214 THOMAS A. CULMO, ESQ. Culmo & Culmo, P.A. Co-Counsel for Sally Simon 2400 South Dixie Highway Suite 100 Miami, Florida 33133 Phone: 305-856-4004 Fax: 305-854-5445