Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1992

Galbraith v. Hudson

Galbraith v. Hudson
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided November 19, 1992 · Joanos, Kahn, Wolf
609 So. 2d 79; 1992 Fla. App. LEXIS 12257; 1992 WL 338524 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Galbraith v. Hudson

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Glenda Galbraith petitions this court for a writ of prohibition, contending that her motion for disqualification of a judge of compensation claims for bias was improperly denied. We have considered the petition and the response and find that the allegations of the motion for disqualification, taken as true, are sufficient to create a well-founded fear that the moving party would not receive a fair hearing. We also find that the motion was made within a reasonable time after discovery of the facts constituting the grounds for disqualification. Accordingly, the petition for writ of prohibition is granted and the chief judge of compensation claims is directed to reassign petitioner’s case to another judge of compensation claims for disposition on the merits.

JOANOS, C.J., and WOLF and KAHN, JJ., concur.

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