The judge hearing an oil pollution lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador has been replaced, the court said on Friday, setting the stage for the third judge in a year to take over the $27 billion case. A previous judge in the 18-year-old lawsuit…recused himself last year after he was accused of misconduct and involvement in a bribery scheme…Chevron asked last month for Judge Leonardo Ordonez to recuse himself because he did not investigate evidence of collusion between the plaintiffs and Richard Cabrera, the court-appointed expert who came up with potential damages of up to $27 billion. "I have removed Ordonez" from the case, Nicolas Zambrano, also of Sucumbios court, told Reuters.