LAKE v. EDWARDS

No. 86-1312.

501 So.2d 759 (1987)

Jerry LAKE and Barbara Lake, Petitioners, v. The Honorable Claude R. EDWARDS, Judge of the Circuit Court of Orange County, Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilmer H. Mitchell, of Mitchell & Condon, P.A., Pensacola, for petitioners.

Claude R. Edwards, pro se.

Peter N. Smith, of Gurney & Handley, P.A., Orlando, for Adventist Health Systems Sunbelt, Inc., d/b/a Florida Hosp.

Richard G. Womble, of Anderson and Hurt, P.A., Orlando, for James E. Clark, M.D.


UPCHURCH, Chief Judge.

Petitioners seek a writ of prohibition to disqualify a trial judge from acting further in a civil proceeding. The Judge denied the motion to disqualify as being legally insufficient and then proceeded to answer petitioners' allegations. The motion to disqualify complied with requirements of Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.432 and section 38.10, Florida Statutes (1985). Petitioners' sworn motion indicated that they were convinced they would...

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