Enterprise Leasing Co. v. Jones

Enterprise Leasing Company has petitioned for a writ of prohibition disqualifying the trial judge, George W. Maxwell, III, from presiding in the instant case because the latter was exposed to settlement negotiations occurring in the context of a mediation proceeding between Enterprise and the opposing party plaintiffs below.1 This occurred when counsel for the plaintiffs revealed the defendant’s settlement offer to Judge Maxwell by including it in the plaintiffs’ pre-trial compliance statement.

The petitioner relies on the Fourth District opinion in Fabber v. Wessel, 604 So.2d 533 (Fla. 4th…