Randomly came across this case today re judicial misconduct and it is kind of crazy….Haluck v. Ricoh Electronics, Inc. (2007) 151 Cal.App.4th 994.
Among other things that the judge did during a civil trial amok which the Court of Appeal held to be misconduct were:
1) holding up cards that said “overruled” and “sustained” as a way to rule on objections;
2) using “red cards” a la soccer to tell Plaintiff’s counsel to stop talking when addressing an objection and ordering the clerk to keep tally of the cards so that he could fine the parties $50 per card at the end of trial;
3) stating that his ruling to the Plaintiff’s ongoing objection would last “until I die” then referencing Penal Code section 187 when the Plaintiff objected to testimony on the same ground.
Pretty funny if it did not most probably result in a defense verdict for an employment discrimination lawsuit. Reversed.
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