COPIERS INTRN. CORP. v. ALL AMERICAN BUSINESS SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 3D02-1521.

825 So.2d 438 (2002)

COPIERS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Florida corporation; and Rene Forte, individually, Petitioners, v. ALL AMERICAN BUSINESS SYSTEMS, INC., a Florida corporation; L.B.F. Investments Co., a Florida corporation; and Susie Orozco, f/k/a Susie Mesa, an individual, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 3, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew C. Barnard, for petitioners.

Caruana and Lorenzen and Albert G. Caruana, for respondents.

Before GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM.

We grant the petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent the trial judge from presiding over this case. The judge's remarks as to why plaintiff had not referred defendant Forte to the state attorney's office for criminal prosecution based on the complaint's allegations, and the judge's direction that plaintiff conduct discovery to determine such criminal liability, provide a well-founded fear that Forte would not be afforded a fair trial. See Kopel...

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