HAYSLIP v. DOUGLAS

No. 81-778.

400 So.2d 553 (1981)

Dr. Gordon HAYSLIP, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Paul T. DOUGLAS, Circuit Court Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Martin Flanagan of Jones & Foster, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.


HURLEY, Judge.

By petition for writ of prohibition we are asked to determine the propriety of an order denying a motion to disqualify a judge. We conclude that the motion and its supporting documents were legally sufficient and, consequently, the trial judge erred in failing to disqualify himself. We grant and issue the writ of prohibition.

Dr. Gordon Hayslip, a defendant in a medical malpractice action pending before the respondent judge, filed a verified...

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