An appeal of a ruling to set aside a $10.9 million jury verdict and hold a new trial for former Miami Dolphins standout O.J. McDuffie has been sidelined another six months amid a lawyer’s charges Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Genden broke rules governing impartiality and fairness.
The retired football star’s lawyers asked Genden to disqualify himself after learning he called a defense attorney twice in late May asking for documents without notifying them. The state Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits one-sided communication by a judge in an active case, McDuffie’s attorneys maintain.
