House speaker adds state-level claim to federal lawsuit against LePage
Source: Bangor Daily News
AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage has 120 days to respond to a new filing in the lawsuit against him by House Speaker Mark Eves that claims LePage violated state as well as federal laws when he forced Eves out of a job at Good Will-Hinckley.
Wednesday’s filing is essentially an addendum to a federal civil lawsuit Eves filed against LePage on July 30, though because of state law, LePage is given 120 days to respond before the state-level claim is added to the federal lawsuit.
David Webbert, an Augusta-based attorney who is representing Eves, said the Notice of Claim was served to the Office of the Governor and Maine Attorney General Janet Mills on Wednesday. It is essentially the first paperwork in the case that has been served directly to the governor’s office, said Webbert.
LePage has said recently that the only information he has received in the case so far have been through media reports.
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