Legal Opinion

Camacho v. Kendall Healthcare Group, Ltd.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 26, 2003No. 3D03-2930PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

This is an application for prohibition claiming that the trial judge should have granted the plaintiffs motion for disqualification filed after a mistrial was declared during a jury trial. The record shows1 that the now-challenged actions of the trial court did not stem, as the petitioner contends, from any disqualifying personal bias or prejudice towards her or her counsel. See Code of Judicial Conduct, Canon-3 E(l)(a). Rather, they involved well-considered and appropriate exercises of “judicial responsibility to take corrective action” against manifest improprieties.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. 5-H CORP. v. PadovanoSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  2. State Ex Rel. Fuente v. HimesSupreme Court of Florida · 1948
  3. Kopel v. KopelDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  4. Birotte v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. JARED SCHMELZER v. DEAN FRANKELDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2021

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