District Court of Appeal of Florida December 21, 2016, No. 4D16-3959 (Pugliese v. Deluca)

Gerber, J.

Anthony Pugliese filed a motion to disqualify the judge presiding over two consolidated cases to which Pugliese is a party. The motion raised multiple grounds, but the primary ground was that, during a pre-trial hearing, the judge made a gratuitous comment which Pugliese felt was offensive to him.