COPELAND v. LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC (2018)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Todd E. COPELAND, as Guardian Ad Litem for Elijah Thread, et al., Appellant/Petitioner(s), v. LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC., et al., Appellee/Respondent(s).

CASE NO.: 2D18-4240

Decided: December 17, 2018

Petitioner's petition for a writ prohibiting Judge Andrea Teves Smith from presiding further in circuit court case number 2014-CA-04475 is granted as the petitioner's motion to disqualify the judge filed in the circuit court is deemed legally sufficient. Accordingly, the chief judge shall immediately appoint a successor judge pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215(b)(4).

The stay imposed by this court's October 29, 2018, order is lifted

BY ORDER OF THE COURT:

CASANUEVA, KELLY, and SLEET, JJ., Concur.

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