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MUSIC ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. CHASE MUSIC ASSOCIATES, INC., et al., Respondents.
    No. 3D01-1447.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    Oct. 3, 2001.
    Payton & Carlson and Amy L. Koltnow, for petitioners.
    Richman Greer Weil Brumbaugh Mira-bito & Christensen and Mark A. Romance, Miami, and Lyle E. Shapiro, for respondents.
    Before JORGENSON, GODERICH, and SORONDO, JJ.
   ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION GRANTED

PER CURIAM.

Petitioners seek a writ of prohibition, contending that the trial judge should have disqualified herself. We grant the petition, as the record reveals that statements made by the trial judge provided a reasonable and well-founded fear that the plaintiffs below would not receive a fair trial. See Perez v. State, 771 So.2d 1285 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. v. Doe, 767 So.2d 626 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Fla. R. Jud. Admin. 2.160.

Although we grant the petition, we are confident that it will not be necessary to issue the writ.

PROHIBITION GRANTED.