State ex rel. Ford Motor Co. v. Hess

CRANDALL, Judge.

Relator, Ford Motor Company, seeks a writ of prohibition against respondent, the Honorable Philip G. Hess, to prohibit him from proceeding in David C. Kearney and Sue Marie Kearney v. Ford Motor Company and Dave Sinclair Ford, Inc., No. CV-187-2174-CC-J2, pending in the Circuit *148Court of Jefferson County in which action relator seeks to disqualify respondent. On August 24,1987, we issued our preliminary order in prohibition. We now make absolute the writ of prohibition.

On May 29, 1987, service of process was effected upon relator in the underlying action. On June 29, 1987,…