Catasus v. Tabone

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

Having agreed to recuse himself in a related proceeding because of a voluntarily-revealed personal relationship with parties in the lawsuit, the trial judge should have granted a motion for disqualification in this separate case involving those same parties.1 See Steinhorst v. State, 636 So.2d 498 (Fla.1994); Houck v. State, 669 So.2d 1131 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996). The present application for prohibition requiring his disqualification is therefore granted. *428We are certain that issuance of the formal writ will not be necessary.

Prohibition granted.. While it is a fact that the…