District Court of Appeal of Florida

Petition for writ of prohibition to disqualify a judge from presiding over proceedings in an action against a nursing home involving a resident's death is granted where a judge could not properly deny a timely motion for disqualification, based on facts he disclosed, after he invited the parties to make such a motion and suggested that it would be granted.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/08/2006
• Published 02/08/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan B. Morrison of Law Offices of Susan B. Morrison, P.A., Tampa, and Joseph H. Ficarrotta of Wilkes & McHugh, P.A., Tampa, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Scott A. Cole and Maria E. Trejos of Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Miami, for Respondents.