(Please note: the names and locations of all parties have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the participants in this personal injury case and its proceedings.)
In addition, the Judge has made comments on the record that support the inference that he views fair rulings for the Plaintiff required by the facts and the law to have been favors for which he expects gratitude. For example the following exchange took placed during the July 8 hearing:
MR. GREEN: You repeatedly, throughout the case, you’ve been the advocate for the defense
THE COURT: To me this case is an example of the expression, No good deed goes unpunished. I have in this case devoted more time to this case than about any other medical malpractice case I can recall.
MR. GREEN: Most of it —
THE COURT: I’ve made myself available to you and the other attorneys. I’ve resolved numerous discovery disputes. I haven’t kept track, but I know that some have gone in your favor and some have not. I feel like I performed a very high level of service for you in this personal injury case.
MR. GREEN: I disagree.
THE COURT: I know in my heart I’m trying, I always try, to do the right thing, and so I’m kind of saddened that this is coming — you are not perceiving it in the same way I perceive it.
MR. GREEN: Could I make my arguments, your Honor?
THE COURT: Sure.
MR. GREEN: Thank you.