The Fourth District Court of Appeal granted a plaintiffs request that Palm Beach Circuit Judge Scott Ryan Kerner step away from her case after he voluntarily recused himself in a similar lawsuit over family ties with the defendant. Photo: Tracey Benson Photography.
The Fourth District Court of Appeal granted a plaintiff’s request to disqualify Palm Beach Circuit Judge Scott P. Kerner from an employment discrimination case Wednesday after he had voluntarily recused himself from a similar case over family ties to the defendant, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw.
Plaintiff Laura Rosales had relied on that prior recusal—in which Kerner said he had a “family relationship” with Bradshaw—to argue that she wouldn’t receive a fair trial in her case. But the court denied her motion, finding it legally insufficient.
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