VIVAS v. HARTFORD FIRE INS. CO.

No. 4D01-1844.

789 So.2d 1252 (2001)

Rosie VIVAS, Petitioner, v. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 1, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay S. Weiss of Jay S. Weiss, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Hildy Herrera Sastre of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Miami, for respondent.


KLEIN, J.

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition from an order denying her motion to recuse the trial judge. The verified motion to recuse alleges that the following occurred at a hearing:

Q. (Judge to Hildy Sastre) Where's Eddy Moss? A. (Ms Sastre) Your Honor, I'm Hildy Sastre. I'm from Mr. Moss's firm here on behalf of Defendant, Hartford. Q. (Judge) Well I could see you weren't Eddy. Did you know that he and I went to the same college...

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