
    Todd E. COPELAND, as Guardian Ad Litem for Elijah Thread, et al., Appellant/Petitioner(s), v. LAKELAND REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC., et al., Appellee/Respondent(s).
    CASE NO.: 2D18-4240
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
    December 17, 2018
    BY ORDER OF THE COURT:
   Petitioner's petition for a writ prohibiting Judge Andrea Teves Smith from presiding further in circuit court case number 2014-CA-04475 is granted as the petitioner's motion to disqualify the judge filed in the circuit court is deemed legally sufficient. Accordingly, the chief judge shall immediately appoint a successor judge pursuant to Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215(b)(4).

The stay imposed by this court's October 29, 2018, order is lifted

CASANUEVA, KELLY, and SLEET, JJ., Concur.  