MUNOZ v. TOBIN

No. 95-489.

653 So.2d 514 (1995)

Gabriel MUNOZ, a minor, By and Through his parents and natural guardians, Marcos MUNOZ, Jr. and ANA M. Munoz, individually, Petitioners, v. The Honorable David L. TOBIN, South Miami Hospital, Inc., Richard L. Litt, M.D., Richard L. Litt, M.D., P.A., Gonzalo De Quesada, M.D., Gonzalo De Quesada, M.D., P.A., Jose Ugalde, M.D., Jose Ugalde, M.D., P.A., and Variety Children's Hospital d/b/a Miami Children's Hospital, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., and Scott M. Newmark, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioners.

Robert A. Ginsburg, County Atty., and Roy Wood, Asst. County Atty., for respondent, David L. Tobin.

Wicker, Smith, Tutan, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Lane, and Frederick E. Hasty, Miami, for respondent, South Miami Hosp., Inc.

McGrane & Nosich, and James J. Nosich, Miami, for respondents, Richard L. Litt, M.D., and Richard L. Litt, M.D., P.A.

Proenza, White, Huck & Roberts, and Robert C. Tilghman, Miami, for respondents, Gonzalo De Quesada, M.D., and Gonzalo De Quesada, M.D., P.A.

Hicks, Anderson & Blum, and Jean Kneale, and Diaz & Morel-Daruski, Miami, for respondents, Jose Ugalde, M.D., and Jose Ugalde, M.D., P.A.

Stephens, Lynn, Klein & McNicholas, and Oscar Cabanas, Miami, for respondent Variety Children's Hosp.

Before JORGENSON, GERSTEN, and GREEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioners seek a writ of prohibition challenging respondent's denial of a motion for disqualification. Because our review of the record reveals that the judge's comments constituted an impermissible challenge to the truth of the allegations in the motion to disqualify, we are compelled to grant the petition. See MacKenzie v. Super Kids Bargain Store, Inc., 565 So.2d 1332<...

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