Rice v. Grubbs

Sears, Chief Justice.

This case involves the trial court’s denial of a writ of prohibition filed by J. Andrew Rice and Kathryn W. Rice in which they contended that Judge Adele Grubbs should be barred from presiding over any case currently pending or pursued in the future by the Rices. Having reviewed the record before us, we find that the trial court did not err in denying the writ of prohibition. In its order denying the writ of prohibition, however, the trial court assessed attorney fees against the Rices without holding a prior hearing on the matter. In order to enter an award of attorney…