07-4043 PAULINE SHEPARD v. CORDIS and BROADSPIRE

State: Florida

Court: Florida First District Court

Docket No: 07-4043

Case Date: 01/07/2008

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA PAULINE SHEPARD, Petitioner, v. CORDIS and BROADSPIRE, Respondents. ______________________________/ Opinion filed January 7, 2008. Petition for Writ of Prohibition -- Original Jurisdiction. William F. Souza of the Law Offices of William F. Souza, North Miami Beach, for Petitioner. Leticia G. Coleman and Warren Brown of Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, LLP, Miami, for Respondents. Walter J. Havers, Senior Attorney, of the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims, Tallahassee, for JCC Sylvia Medina-Shore. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED. CASE NO. 1D07-4043

PER CURIAM. In this Workers' Compensation proceeding, petitioner seeks review of an order denying her motion for disqualification of the Judge of Compensation Claims based

on an adversarial relationship between petitioner's attorney and the Judge of Compensation Claims. Because we find the grounds for disqualification were legally sufficient, we grant the petition. See Walls v. State, 910 So. 2d 432 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). We remand the case with directions to Judge Medina-Shore that she enter an order granting the motion for disqualification. PETITION GRANTED. WEBSTER, BENTON, and THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR.

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