Bert v. Bermudez

Tammy Owen Billie and Jimmy Bert (“the defendants”) and their current counsel, Lewis Tein, PL (“the Lewis Tein law firm”), petition this Court for a writ prohibiting Judge Ronald Dresnick from presiding over the post-judgment matters still pending before the trial court. Because the trial court’s comments, when read in the context in which they were made, do not require disqualification, we deny the petition.

The underlying lawsuit arose out of a tragic accident that occurred on Tamiami Trail ten years ago. The accident, in which Gloria Liliana Bermudez was killed and her husband Carlos…