Health Mgmt. Assocs., Inc. v. Salyer, No. 14-14337-CIV-ROSENBERG/LYNCH, 2015 WL 12778793 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 19, 2015)

Key Insight: Court granted motion to compel forensic examination of Defendant?s ?personal computer devices and his personal email account? where Defendant claimed that his mobile phone was damaged, that a thumb drive was lost, and that his laptop stopped working, and where Defendant failed to search his email and gave inaccurate ?representations? about it; court admonished Plaintiff ?to give special care? to Defendant?s privacy and ordered that Defendant was allowed to be present for the search, and that the search criteria be prepared in advance and chosen to limit the scope to matters ?directly relevant to its claims for relief?

Electronic Data Involved: Forensic examination of computer, devices, email