POLAND — Selectmen voted 5-0 Tuesday night to continue to stand with the 12 Androscoggin County towns in their lawsuit charging county commissioners violated either the county charter or state law when they voted to set their salaries and benefits. The action was taken in response to a settlement agreement sent to officials in the […]
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Towns attack commissioners’ motion to dismiss case
AUBURN — Thirteen municipalities suing Androscoggin County commissioners for their votes on salaries and benefits have attacked the commissioners’ motion to dismiss the case. The lawsuit, with Lewiston in the lead, was filed in Androscoggin County Superior Court in July and contends that commissioners overstepped their powers in approving the county budget by voting in […]
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Judge wants Brady, Goodell in court twice
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal judge handling Tom Brady’s attempt to overturn his four-game suspension ordered the New England quarterback and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to appear in court twice in mid-August. U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman told the sides Friday he had scheduled conferences Aug. 12 and 19 “with your principles (including, […]
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Brady lawsuit transferred to N.Y. court
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady’s lawsuit against the NFL in which he wants his four-game suspension overturned will be heard in New York instead of Minnesota. Brady and the players’ union filed their suit Wednesday in Minnesota. But the NFL already had filed papers Tuesday in New York, moments after announcing that Commissioner Roger […]
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Androscoggin commissioners may use county money to defend themselves against lawsuit
AUBURN — Following an executive session with their attorneys that lasted nearly two hours Wednesday evening, the Androscoggin County commissioners released a statement saying it would defend itself against a lawsuit filed by 12 of the 14 county municipalities. The seven county commissioners voted unanimously to defend themselves “at county expense” against the lawsuit if […]
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Delaware couple, Sugarloaf settle lawsuit over 2010 chairlift accident
FARMINGTON — A Delaware couple and Sugarloaf Mountain Corp. and associated parties recently reached a settlement agreement related to serious injuries three members of the family received when a chairlift broke at Sugarloaf ski resort in 2010. The case was scheduled to go to trial in September. Dr. Michael and Patricia Katz of Wilmington, Del., […]
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Lewiston attorney makes case against LePage asking for lawyers
LEWISTON — A local attorney and law professor is making a case against Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s use of private attorneys when Maine’s attorney general refuses to represent the state. LePage has asked a state’s highest court to determine if he should be allowed to hire attorneys in those situations. Under the state’s constitution and […]
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Mom, daughter served with notice of lawsuit in baby’s death
FARMINGTON — A legal notice serving Amanda Huard and her daughter with a lawsuit from a Somerset County mother of an infant who died in 2012 while Huard was baby-sitting was published Friday in the Sun Journal. Maine Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy approved serving the suit through a newspaper ad after Huard could not […]
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New Gloucester man sues selectman
NEW GLOUCESTER — Frank Staton has fired back. The 41-year-old New Gloucester man, accused of threatening town officials, has countered with a civil suit, claiming he was slandered and defamed by the allegations. Through a Lewiston attorney, Staton claims that statements made by Selectman Steven Libby and others were false and that they were harmful […]
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Tracy Morgan sues Wal-Mart for crash that killed 1
TRENTON, N.J. — Tracy Morgan has sued Wal-Mart over last month’s highway crash that seriously injured him and killed a fellow comedian. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, claims Wal-Mart was negligent when a driver of one of its tractor-trailers rammed into Morgan’s limousine van. The complaint claims the retail […]