MUSIC V. CHASE MUSIC

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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DISPOSED OF. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2001 MUSIC ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., ** ** CASE NO. 3D01-1447 ** LOWER TRIBUNAL NO. 99-14301 CA 08 Petitioners, vs. ** CHASE MUSIC ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., Respondents. ** ** Opinion filed October 3, 2001. A Case of Original Jurisdiction - Prohibition. Payton & Carlson and Amy L. Koltnow, for petitioners. Richman Greer Weil Brumbaugh Mirabito & Christensen and Mark A. Romance and Lyle E. Shapiro, for respondents. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION GRANTED Before JORGENSON, GODERICH, and SORONDO, JJ. PER CURIAM. Petitioners seek a writ of prohibition, contending that the trial judge should have disqualified herself. We grant the petition, as the record reveals that statements made by the trial judge provided a reasonable and well-founded fear that the plaintiffs below would not receive a fair trial. See Perez v. State, 771 So. 2d 1285 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. v. Doe, 767 So. 2d 626 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.160. Although we grant the petition, we are confident that it will not be necessary to issue the writ. PROHIBITION GRANTED. -2-

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