Port Everglades Authority v. Andrews

Florida District Courts of Appeal
Port Everglades Authority v. Andrews, 603 So. 2d 118 (1992)
1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 8862; 1992 WL 184053
Dell, Polen, Warner

Port Everglades Authority v. Andrews

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner seeks review of an order denying its motion for recusal of trial judge. Prohibition is the appropriate method for seeking such review. Hayslip v. Douglas, 400 So.2d 553 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981).

Petitioner alleges, among other things, that the judge, at a social gathering prior to trial, made comments to a third party indicating that he may have prejudged the case. This allegation, together with petitioner’s supporting affidavits, sets forth a legally sufficient basis for recusal. Therefore, the trial judge should have granted petitioner’s motion for recusal. See Kasser v. Woodson, 549 So.2d 802 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989); Irwin v. Marko, 417 So.2d 1108 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982).

Accordingly, we grant the petition for writ of prohibition.

PROHIBITION GRANTED.

DELL, WARNER and POLEN, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
PORT EVERGLADES AUTHORITY, a Florida public corporation v. Honorable Robert Lance ANDREWS
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Status
Published