Magistrate: Insured’s Discovery Approach In Irma Suit ‘Resembles A Shotgun Blast’

(June 20, 2023, 11:43 AM EDT) -- FORT MYERS, Fla. —A federal magistrate judge in Florida denied a condominium insured’s motion to compel discovery in a bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for property damage caused by Hurricane Irma, finding that the insured’s broad discovery requests “necessarily capture a host of documents that would have little to no relevance” and its approach “resembles a shotgun blast,” which is not what Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 envisions....