Property owner brought putative class action against county challenging county’s authority to enforce special assessment liens as tax liens that survived foreclosure.
The Circuit Court denied county’s motion for protective order and granted property owner’s motion to compel discovery. County filed petition for certiorari relief.
The District Court of Appeal held that a trial court departs from the essential requirements of law, warranting certiorari relief, when the trial court compels merits discovery without first determining that a putative class representative has adequate standing.