# Ahmad v. Horizon Pain, Inc.

> Court of Appeals of Arkansas · October 8, 2014 · 444 S.W.3d 412

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9804158

## Case

- **Full name:** Dr. Mahmood AHMAD, Appellant v. HORIZON PAIN, INC., Appellee
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Arkansas
- **Decided:** October 8, 2014
- **Citations:** 444 S.W.3d 412; 2014 Ark. App. 531; 2014 Ark. App. LEXIS 746
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Vaught
- **Judges:** Robert J. Gladwin
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

LARRY D. VAUGHT, Judge, concurring.
I agree that this case should be affirmed. I write separately to address the issue of the requested recusal of the special master. While I cannot vote to reverse based on our standard of review and the great discretion afforded to judges in the matter of recusal, I must express my discomfort in the way this case was handled.
In this day and age when lawyers and the legal system as a whole are treated with suspicion by many of our fellow citizens, I think lawyers should never accept an appointment as a special master when they have had an attorney-client relationship with one of the parties. Likewise, a circuit judge should never appoint a master who the judge knows has had such a relationship. The “appearance of impropriety” is a part of our Code of Judicial Conduct, and while appearances are in the eyes of the beholder, we should all maintain the highest standards.

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