Transamerica Life Insurance Company v. White et al

Filing 78

ORDER granting in part and denying in part 62 Motion to Compel Defendant White's Responses to Requests for Production; granting in part and denying in part 63 Defendant White's Interrogatory Responses ; granting in part and denying in part 64 Motion to Compel Defendant PMSG's Responses to Requests for Production. See order for additional details. Signed by Magistrate Judge Daniel C. Irick on 11/13/2023. (TNP)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ORLANDO DIVISION
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 6:23-cv-452-ACC-DCI

LAWRENCE E. WHITE and
PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT
SERVICES GROUP, LLC,
Defendants.

ORDER
This cause comes before the Court for consideration following a hearing on the following
motions:
MOTION:

Motion to Compel Defendant White’s Responses to Requests
for Production (Doc. 62)

FILED:

October 12, 2023

MOTION:

Motion to Compel
Responses (Doc. 63)

FILED:

October 12, 2023

MOTION:

Motion to Compel Defendant PMSG’s Responses to Requests
for Production (Doc. 64)

FILED:

October 12, 2023

Defendant

White’s

Interrogatory

THEREON it is ORDERED that the motions are GRANTED in part and
DENIED in part.

On October 12, 2023, Plaintiff filed three motions to compel. Docs. 62, 63, 64 (the
Motions). Defendant filed timely responses in opposition. Docs. 70, 71, 72. On November 13,
2023, the Court held a hearing on the Motions.
As stated at the hearing, boilerplate objections are meaningless, meritless, and due to be
overruled. See, e.g., Asphalt Paving Sys., Inc. v. General Combustion Corp., No. 6:15-cv-49-Orl41TBS, 2016 WL 3167712, at *2 (M.D. Fla. June 7, 2016) (“The Court does not consider frivolous,
conclusory, general, or boilerplate objections.”); Siddiq v. Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp., No. 6:11cv-69-Orl-19GJK, 2011 WL 6936485, at *3 (M.D. Fla. Dec. 7, 2011) (“Objections which state
that a discovery request is ‘vague, overly broad, or unduly burdensome’ are, by themselves,
meaningless, and are deemed without merit by this Court.” (citations omitted); Middle District
Discovery (2021) at 15 (“Objections to requests for production should be specific, not generalized
. . . Boilerplate objections such as ‘the request is overly broad, unduly burdensome, and outside
the scope of permissible discovery’ are insufficient without a full, fair explanation particular to the
facts of the case.”).
For the reasons stated at the hearing, it is ORDERED that:
1. Motion to Compel Defendant White’s Responses to Requests for Production (Doc. 62)
is GRANTED in part such that,
a. Defendant White’s objections to Request for Production (RFP) 1-24 are
overruled; and
b. on or before November 27, 2023, Defendant White is compelled to provide to
Plaintiff full responses to RFPs 1-24. As to each request, Defendant White must
provide responsive documents, identify documents already provided, or state
clearly that Defendant White has no responsive documents; and

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2. Motion to Compel Defendant White’s Interrogatory Responses (Doc. 63) is
GRANTED in part such that,
a. Defendant White’s objections to Interrogatories 1-2, 4, and 6-15 are overruled;
b. Defendant White’s objection to Interrogatory 16 is sustained; and
c. on or before November 27, 2023, Defendant White is compelled to provide
Plaintiff complete answers to Interrogatories 1-2, 4, and 6-15; and
3. Motion to Compel Defendant PMSG’s Responses to Requests for Production (Doc. 64)
is GRANTED in part such that,
a. Defendant PMSG’s objections RFPs 1-15, 17-19, 21-22, and 25-27 are
overruled, except that:
i. the last sentence of the objection to RFP 12 is sustained and the term
“other circumstances” is stricken from the Request;
ii. the last sentence of the objection to RFP 17 is sustained; and
iii. the third sentence of objections to RFP 18 and 19 are sustained and the
term “participation” is stricken from the Request; and
b. on or before November 27, 2023, Defendant Partnership Management
Services Group, LLC (PMSG) is compelled to provide Plaintiff full responses
to RFPs 1-15, 17-19, 21-22, and 25-27 in compliance with the Court’s rulings
at the hearing. As to each request, Defendant PMSG must provide responsive
documents, identify documents already provided, or state clearly that
Defendant White has no responsive documents; and

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4. the Motions (Docs. 62, 63, 64) are DENIED in all other respects.
ORDERED in Orlando, Florida on November 13, 2023.

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