Lawsuit Filed Against Christie, Others Seeking Damages For Traffic Jams In NJ Community

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
January 09, 2014 - 6:50 pm EST

TRENTON, New Jersey — Six New Jersey residents have filed a federal lawsuit against Gov. Chris Christie, the state of New Jersey, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and others over traffic jams in September.

The suit filed in federal court Thursday appears to be the first civil claim over traffic jams that appear to have been caused as political punishment for the Fort Lee mayor.

The plaintiffs want it certified as a class action.

Lawyer Rosemarie Arnold says she filed it after learning this week that lane closures on an approach to the George Washington Bridge were "deliberate actions." She says that her clients were late for work and that one suffered a panic attack.

Read more: http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/3a52c4a583fb4787b6ccc91d93b029e9/US-Christie-Traffic-Jams-Lawsuit

[SkatmanRoth]

1. Eric Holder should be looking into charges against Christie

Disrupting a Federal Highway and interfering with the free flow of traffic between two states sure sounds like criminal activity to me.

[longship]

2. That would be, for sure, as politically motivated.

Better for a US Attorney to do it.

[cosmicone]

4. Preet Bharara would be a logical person to do it

and he would have done it in a heartbeat if Christie was of Indian descent.

[jsr]

3. Good.

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5. I have heard there is the potential for many lawsuits over this.

There goes all the money Christie saved by firing all those public workers.