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denying prohibition and citing cases explaining that an adverse ruling, without more, is insufficient to show bias
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No. 3D20-1756
03-17-2021
ACS 550 LLC, Petitioner, v. FLORIDA LAUNDRY SERVICES, INC., Respondent.
Wagner Law Group, PLLC, and Ryan C. Wagner (Fort Lauderdale), for petitioner. Ferdie and Lones, Chartered, and Ainslee R. Ferdie, and Stuart A. Lones, for respondent.
Wagner Law Group, PLLC, and Ryan C. Wagner (Fort Lauderdale), for petitioner.
Ferdie and Lones, Chartered, and Ainslee R. Ferdie, and Stuart A. Lones, for respondent.
Before MILLER, GORDO, and BOKOR, JJ.
PER CURIAM. Denied. See JJN FLB, LLC v. CFLB P'ship, LLC, 283 So. 3d 922, 925 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) ("Although ‘[t]he facts must be viewed from the perspective of the petitioner[s],’ it is equally ‘well-settled that adverse rulings are insufficient to show bias.’ ") (alterations in original) (citations omitted); Ripley v. Ripley, 278 So. 3d 190, 192 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019) ("The court's adverse ruling ... is not a sufficient basis to warrant disqualification.") (citations omitted); Pilkington v. Pilkington, 182 So. 3d 776, 779 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) ("Adverse or unfavorable legal rulings, without more, are not legally sufficient grounds for disqualification.") (citing Correll v. State, 698 So. 2d 522, 524-25 (Fla. 1997) ; Winburn v. Earl's Well Drilling & Pump Serv., 939 So. 2d 199, 200 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) ).