POOL WATER PRODUCTS, INC. v. POOLS BY L.S. RULE

No. 91-1046.

612 So.2d 705 (1993)

POOL WATER PRODUCTS, INC., a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. POOLS BY L.S. RULE, a Florida, corporation and Larry Rule, individually, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee B. Gartner of Lee B. Gartner, P.A., Sunrise, for appellant.

John W. Conness of John W. Conness, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant challenges the final judgment in this appeal because it maintains that the trial court erroneously refused to recuse himself after revealing at trial that the judge had a close family relationship with the appellee. We agree and reverse.

At the non-jury trial of this action appellant called Larry Rule, the president of appellee, as an adverse witness. Just after Rule was sworn and began to testify, the judge informed the parties that...

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