action may not invoke the fifth amendment and refuse to comply with the defendant’s discovery requests, thereby thwarting the defendant’s defenses.” Rollins Burdick Hunter of New York, Inc. v. Euroclassic Limited, Inc., 502 So. 2d 959 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983).. For the same reasons, Epstein should be precluded from advancing

ction may not invoke the fifth amendment and refuse to comply with the defendant's discovery requests, thereby thwarting the defendant's defenses." Rollins Burdick Hunter of New York Inc. v. Euroclassic Limited, Inc., 502 So. 2d 959 (Fla. 3"I Dist. Court App. 1983). Here, Epstein is trying to do precisely what the "w

o. Nov. 12, 1992) 24, 26 People v. Royster, 43 .U1758, 842 ad 12 (1st Dep't 2007) 26 Pugh v. Avis Rent A 1997 WL 669876 ( Oct. 28, 1997) 27 Rollins Burdick Hunter of N. Y., Inc. v. Euroclassics Ltd., 502 So.2d 959 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983) 21 Russman v. Bd. of Ed., 260 F.3d 114 (2d Cir. 2001) 13 S&I Inve

ent. 994 So. 2d at 478. Moreover, "[a] civil litigant's fifth amendment right to avoid self-incrimination may be used as a shield but not a sword." Rollins Burdick Hunter of New York, Inc. v. Euroclassics Ltd., Inc., 502 So. 2d 959, 962 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987). Thus, "where the party claiming a Fifth Amendment privilege i