The borough of Belmar was served with another lawsuit this past Monday. The new suit alleges that Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty and most of the Borough Council illegally used the borough’s Beach Utility Fund over the past four years and also raised beach parking fees to pay for expenses not relating to the beach.
The language of the complaint insinuates that Mayor Doherty and the council acted in the manner described above in the interest of Belmar and its taxpaying constituency. The plaintiffs allege that Jersey Shore’s Belmar used revenue raised from beach fees to pay for a myriad of expenses that did not actually relate to the beach.
The complaint also challenges the legal basis for the recently adopted Belmar ordinance that increased beach parking fees twofold along the Ocean Avenue boardwalk. Additionally, the lawsuit challenges Belmar’s spending of the money in its Beach Utility Fund to cover legal fees. This includes a $925,000 payment made to settle a lawsuit regarding unpaid fees allegedly owed to Birdsall Engineering for services that only partially related to the beach.
The latest suit states that the new beach parking fee ordinance which increased the fee twofold, is in violation of the Public Trust Doctrine. It forces beachgoers to pay a charge that benefits Belmar taxpayers. The suit also refers to the Department of Environmental Protection’s legal requirement that beach parking fees be spent exclusively on beach maintenance and operations. One of the plaintiffs, Patricia Corea, states that the borough should have prevented tax increases by limiting or freezing its spending. Corea and her fellow plaintiffs believe that the mayor and the council have betrayed the public’s trust. This new suit is the latest of several suits filed against Belmar’s beach practices.
The group of plaintiffs is led by Belmar resident Joy DeSanctis and represented by former Mayor Kenneth Pringle’s law firm. They’ve been front and center for many of the legal challenges against the borough. DeSanctis alleges that the current mayor has displayed a pattern of using Belmar accounts to pay bills unrelated to public services. She alleges that Mayor Doherty has “…disregarded the true obligation of the accounts and legal guidelines of [their] use.”
The plaintiffs demand that the court order the borough to place all Ocean Avenue parking fee proceeds in the Beach Utility Fund. They also demand that the court issue an order that bars the borough from using the money derived from its “Buy-a-Board” effort for anything but the boardwalk.
in his lawsuit as it allegedly threatened him to remove the code. He alleges that the State Department’s orders violated his right to freely express himself.
the web might equate to illegally providing blueprints across the globe without the proper license. Yet the department never actually determined if Wilson needed a license to post his code. Wilson’s code was downloaded over 100,000 times in only two days and has since spread to Torrent websites.
A long line of complaints are coming from parents, who state their children were physically abused by Dr. Howard Schneider. The dentist office is also being investigated by the Florida General Attorney for Medicaid fraud. This case was filed first and separately from the abuse and torture allegations.
While Dr. Schneider hasn’t ever served time or been convicted for these types of acts, there is a history of prior, similar lawsuits that got dismissed. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s office has also been called to his office for complaints regarding excessive force against the patients.
Philly police shot about one person each week since 2007, with the high rate attributable to mistrust by the public, training flaws and other system-wide problems.
Nearly 400 times over the last eight years, Philadelphia police officers have fired their weapons at suspects, the Justice Department report noted. Most of the 454 officers involved were on patrol at the times of the shootings, and most of the suspects and officers involved were black, the 
Moncrief left the Police Department after the incident. No statement has been released to determine whether he was fired or he resigned from duty. He is now 40 years old. The woman was not charged with anything and there was an investigation after the incident. Moncrief was unable to be contacted after the conclusion to the lawsuit.
Since these allegations and lawsuits, many changes have been made on the force. There is now an official policy to report all incidents of misconduct by other officers. It is now also required that two officers are present when a woman is arrested and taken to jail. Police officers must now wear body cameras as well.
July 2014. He was accused of using the golf club as a weapon. Wingate claimed that he was using the golf club as a cane.
her 17 year long career as a police officer. Ultimately, he was not charged with the obstruction claim.
Brandes, who died in January, worked at the ARCO Cherry Point refinery and was exposed to the asbestos at the Whatcom County refinery.
children. He had no idea that the contamination and toxins on his clothing could lead to asbestos related diseases.
Pictures he included in his post were of the livestock of a local farmer, used without permission. When posting about a vegan lifestyle and providing a sort of indictment about cruelty to animals continued to happen, Allison was eventually fired.
Although not common, lawsuit settlement cases similar to this do occur from time-to-time regarding free speech rights and employers attempting to control that speech outside of the workplace. In this case, the school district actually had a policy that indicated staff had free speech rights, as long as the speech was constitutional and didn’t cause an undue interruption at school.
as perjured testimony, withholding evidence, and ignoring leads pointing to other suspects.
while Anthony was awarded a settlement, the city has never admitted to any wrongdoing and argues that detectives properly conducted the investigation.
deliver fake five-star reviews as a means of deceiving buyers into purchasing poorly rated products.
Lawsuits such as this are imperative to maintaining the reputability and trustworthiness of businesses, so consumers can continue to have confidence and assurance over the products they purchase. Amazon took a noble step in filing a lawsuit, which will hopefully serve as a warning to others hoping to profit off of the callous deception of consumers. Though, as James Tenser from VSN strategies stated, “Paid ads should be identified as such. Amazon’s legal action is welcome now, but Amazon has already profited greatly over the years from turning a blind eye to this odious practice.”