(May 28, 2024, 2:23 PM EDT) -- DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Florida appellate court on May 24 denied an insurer’s petition to disqualify a lower court judge who made “disparaging” comments, including calling the stipulation between the insured and insurer “this little deal with the devil” in the insurer’s suit seeking to rescind its insured’s policy for purported misrepresentations, finding that the motion to disqualify in the lower court was not timely filed....