Olszewska v. Ferro

Irene Olszewska petitions this court for a writ of prohibition disqualifying the trial judge and also appeals the final judgment for removal of tenant.

We grant the writ of prohibition. The verbal altercations that occurred between Olszewska’s attorney and the court require the judge to disqualify himself.

“A judge should be patient, dignified and courteous to litigants, ... lawyers, and others with whom he deals in his official capacity_” Fla. Bar Code Jud. Conduct, Canon 3(A)(3) (1991). When a trial judge leaves the realm of civility and directs base vernacular towards an attorney or litigant…