DEREN v. WILLIAMS

No. 87-1802.

521 So.2d 150 (1988)

Dr. Matthew J. DEREN, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Volie WILLIAMS, Jr., etc., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark B. Kleinfeld, of Jones & Foster, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Murray Sams, Jr., and Peter J. Yanowitch, of Sams, Yanowitch, Spiegel & Alger, P.A., Miami, for respondent.


UPCHURCH, F.D., Jr., Judge, Retired.

This Petition for Writ of Prohibition is before this court to prohibit Judge Volie Williams, Jr., from sitting in the case of West v. Deren, after Judge Williams had denied Dr. Deren's motion to disqualify.

Dr. Deren, an anesthesiologist, was sued for professional malpractice allegedly committed during surgery on William West, a minor, resulting in the child suffering cerebral palsy. The first trial resulted in a...

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