WEMSA counsel seeks disqualification of reassigned hearing officer; scheduling put on hold

Mary Alice Moore Lenhart, counsel for Wethersfield EMS (WEMSA), told a remote Department of Public Health hearing that she filed a motion to disqualify the reassigned hearing officer on the morning of the session and objected to the supervisor handling the final decision because he supervises the attorney who issued the proposed decision.

“I filed a motion to disqualify this morning,” Lenhart said, adding that she objected to the supervisor's involvement and wanted time to file a supporting brief.

Hearing Officer Burns acknowledged receipt of a delegation from the commissioner and said he would share that document with the parties, but he said he would not make any scheduling rulings until he had received briefing on the disqualification motion. “I have received a general delegation from the commissioner, which I'm happy to share with all of you,” Burns said. He…