Government,
Civil Litigation
Apr. 27, 2021
LA city attorney asks delay in releasing report into water bill lawsuit
An Ohio attorney involved in the case said in a writ petition to the 2nd District Court of Appeal that Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elihu M. Berle never had the authority to appoint a special master to investigate the settlement in the first place.
Lawyers including some at the Los Angeles city attorney's office objected to the release or requested the delay of a potentially damning report into alleged collusion involving special counsel for the city, a sham lawsuit and a fraudulent settlement.
The report is the result of a two-year investigation by a special master into an alleged scheme surrounding two lawsuits: a class action against the city which produced an allegedly fr...
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