The Florida 1st District Court of Appeal said in an opinion filed Friday that the Office of Judges of Compensation Claims should not have intervened on behalf of a judge accused of bias against an employer and its third-party administrator.
Following a one-hour video teleconference hearing last year, Judge Eduardo Almeyda was seen turning in his chair and asking an off-camera staff member, “Was I nice and sweet and patient to let the attorney talk on and on and on ad nauseam?”
Winter Park defense attorney William H. Rogner filed a motion to disqualify Almeyda for bias. After...
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