Indian River Colony Club, Inc. v. Jones

Petitioners seek a writ of prohibition from this court, arguing that the judge of compensation claims incorrectly denied a motion for his disqualification on grounds of bias. We grant the petition.

The material facts of this case are virtually identical to those set forth in our opinion in Milmir Construction v. Jones, 626 So.2d 985, with one exception. We find, however, that *989this exception requires that Judge Jones be disqualified.

The employer/carrier first moved for disqualification of Judge Jones in this case on May 22, 1992, relying as grounds upon the conflict between the JCC and the…