THOMAS N. RYON, M.D., THOMAS N. RYON, M.D., P.A., PETITIONERS,
v.
HONORABLE JAMES M. REASBECK, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, RESPONDENT; THE FLORIDA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND, PETITIONER, V. HONORABLE JAMES M. REASBECK, CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BROWARD COUNTY, RESPONDENT

Fla. 4th DCA | 1988-06-02
Nos. 88-1011, 88-1106
DOWNEY, DELL and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.
525 So. 2d 1024 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1988) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioners seek a writ of prohibition to prohibit respondent from presiding in further proceedings in the case of Freída McDermott, as personal representative of the Estate of Joseph McDermott, deceased, plaintiff, vs. Thomas N. Ryon, M.D., Thomas N. Ryon, M.D., P.A., d/b/a Ryon Medi cal Center, and The Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund, Case No. 87-10322 CP in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Broward County, Florida. Initially we note that the facts as alleged in petitioners’ verified motion for recusal and disqualification did not present legally sufficient ground for disqualification of respondent. However, respondent’s comments during the hearing on petitioners’ motion and the argument made by respondent in responding to an order to show cause issued by this court, shows that respondent went beyond a determination of the sufficiency of the motion to disqualify. Therefore we grant petitioners’ petition for writ of prohibition on the authority of Bundy v. Rudd, 366 So. 2d 440 (Fla.1978); Gieseke v. Moriarty, 471 So. 2d 80 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985) and Fruehe v. Reasbeck, 525 So. 2d 471 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988).

PROHIBITION GRANTED.

DOWNEY, DELL and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.


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    …ished grounds for his disqualification” by creating “an intolerable adversary atmosphere” between himself and appellant. Bundy v. Rudd, 366 So. 2d 440 (Fla.1978). See also Diqeronimo v. Reasbeck, 528 So. 2d 556 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988); Ryon v. Reasbeck, 525 So. 2d 1024 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988); and A.T.S. Melbourne, Inc. v. Jackson, 473 So. 2d 280 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985). Therefore, we must reverse the denial of the motion for recusal and remand for resentencing by a different judge. We decline to address appellant’s chall…
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  • …of the motion. Therefore, we grant petitioner’s petition for writ of prohibition on the authority of Bundy v. Rudd, 366 So. 2d 440 (Fla.1978), Gieseke v. Moriarty, 471 So. 2d 80 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985), and the most recent decisions in Ryon v. Reasbeck, 525 So. 2d 1024 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988), and Fruehe v. Reasbeck, 525 So. 2d 471 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988). PROHIBITION GRANTED. HERSEY, C.J., and DOWNEY and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.…

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