Friday, October 19, 2012
Attorneys representing the township and former solicitor Michael Blee now have 20 days to respond.
Each defendant in Lisa Tilton’s lawsuit against Galloway Township now knows specifically what he or she is being charged with. In response to a request to clarify the 86-page lawsuit, Tilton’s attorney, Steven Srenaski, filed a “More Definite Statement of the Complaint,” on Wednesday, Oct. 17. He had 20 days from the time he was asked to clarify the complaint on Sept. 28 to do so. Attorneys Daniel Baylson and Michael Barker, representing the various defendants in the case, now have 20 days from Oct. 17 to file their responses. Baylson’s client, former Township Solicitor Michael Blee, is named in four of the 27 counts. All charges naming Blee and his law firm allege violations of the identity theft prevention act, the publication of private…
Friday, October 5, 2012
Bonanni will be represented by Mike Madden, of Haddonfield.
Former Galloway Township Manager Steve Bonanni will not be represented by the same attorney who is representing the township in the lawsuit filed by former Township Clerk Lisa Tilton, Township Solicitor Michael Fitzgerald confirmed via email Friday afternoon, Oct. 5. Bonanni will instead be represented by Mike Madden of Madden and Madden Law Firm in Haddonfield, Fitzgerald said. According to Fitzgerald, the Atlantic County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund (JIF), which insures the township, determined that "a separate attorney is appropriate," for Bonanni in this case. He didn't elaborate further. Madden didn't immediately return a phone message seeking comment on Friday. The township is represented by Michael Barker and former Solicitor …
Friday, September 28, 2012
Tilton's attorney must clarify which charges in the complaint pertain specifically to Michael Blee and his law firm.
The attorney for the former township clerk who filed a lawsuit against Galloway Township and former Solicitor Michael Blee has 20 days to clarify which charges apply to the township and which charges apply specifically to Blee and his law firm in the “wherefore” clauses of the complaint, Judge J. Christopher Gibson ruled in a pretrial motion conducted at the Cape May County Courthouse Friday morning, Sept. 28. Once the clarification is made, Blee’s attorney Daniel Baylson and Attorney Michael Barker, representing the township and the individuals named, have each said they would respond within 20 days, although Barker left open the possibility that he may take a little longer to do so. The maximum amount of time he would have to respond is …
Friday, May 11, 2012
The 86-page 27-count suit is a jury complaint.
Former Galloway Township Clerk Lisa Tilton has sued the township and other individuals in Atlantic County Superior Court, claiming sexual harassment and other charges. Tilton is seeking reinstatement to her position as a result of an alleged breach of settlement agreement. She also iis seeking damages, attorney's fees, costs of suit and "other relief as the Court deems just and proper." In addition to the Township of Galloway, among those named include Mayor Don Purdy, Deputy Mayor Tony Coppola, former Township Manager Steve Bonanni, and Solicitor Michael Blee, among others. The 86-page, 27-count suit also includes allegations of: Tilton is being represented by Attorney Steven Srenaski, of Florio Perrucci, Steinhardt and Fader, L.L.C. He …
Friday, December 23, 2011
Township officials called a meeting with local media to discuss OPRA requests. Blogger Harry Scheeler calls it an intimidation tactic. "I will be suing them," he vows.
Galloway Township has received 539 information requests since Oct. 4 of this year, compared with 242 received by the township all of last year, representatives of township council said during a meeting with members of the media at the municipal complex on Thursday morning, Dec. 22. According to Mayor Don Purdy, that’s four times the number of requests Hamilton Township has received this year. The number of requests is tracked since Oct. 4, which was Kimberly Hodsdon's first day as township clerk. Purdy, Deputy Mayor Tony Coppola, Councilman Brian Tyrrell and Hodsdon were present at the meeting with representatives from Galloway Patch, The Current and The Press of Atlantic City. The meeting was called after a request for information about …
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Lisa Tilton previously filed tort claims again the township for $3 million in a related matter. She also has another claim for the same amount against the Atlantic County Board of Elections.
Former Galloway Clerk Lisa Tilton filed a new tort claim — a legal warning that she intends to pursue a civil lawsuit — on Friday against the township and Councilman Dennis Kleiner. The notice stems from alleged incidents in late October between Tilton and Kleiner, after she had already resigned as clerk. Kleiner filed a police summons on Oct. 25 against Tilton on a charge of harassment, claiming Tilton followed him into a local restaurant, shouted threats to sue him and then tried to intimidate him by circling the police department's parking lot, which is directly across the street from The Dubliner restaurant. The summons was eventually dismissed. Her tort claim against Kleiner includes: invasion of privacy, defamation, slander, malice, …
Friday, September 9, 2011
All members of council are named with the exception of Mayor Keith Hartman.
Outgoing Clerk Lisa Tilton intends to sue Galloway Township, based on various counts of invasion of privacy, slander, libel and violation of a separation agreement she reached with the township on July 18, among other claims, according to a tort notice obtained by Galloway Patch on Friday, Sept. 9. Tilton will seek $3 million in damages, for past and future lost wages, emotional distress, mental anguish, damaged personal and business reputation, as well as attorney’s fees and costs, according to the notice. The claim also alleges violations of procedural due process and Rice Notice rights involving discussions about the position of the township clerk without notifying Tilton, and various violations of the state's Open Public Records Act. …
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Allegations include attempts to interfere with her prospective and economic advantage, as well as invasion of privacy, libel and slander. Galloway Township is not targeted in the claim.
Lisa Tilton has filed an intent to sue against the Atlantic County Board of Elections alleging “damage to personal and business reputation, shock, humiliation, emotional distress, loss of past and future income, attorneys’ fees and punitive damages.” “The Board of Elections and the individual members and agents authored and published a false and misleading letters to claimant’s employer with malice and an intent to torturously interfere with claimant’s prospective and economic advantage and contract with her employer Galloway Township,” reads the notice of intent to sue, which was filed July 14 with the county board of elections. “Invasion of privacy, libel, slander and defamation" as well as violation of federal and state statutes, …
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
All outstanding disciplinary charges against Tilton will be dropped in exchange for her immediate resignation as registrar of vital statistics and resignation as township clerk, effective Oct. 3.
In the end, there was no hearing. One month and one week after she was suspended, Galloway Township Council unanimously approved a resolution accepting Township Clerk Lisa Tilton's resignation late Monday night after the two sides were able to reach a deal. The agreement calls for Tilton to resign as registrar of vital statistics immediately and as township clerk effective Oct. 3, once her accrued comp time and vacation time has been used up. Acting Township Clerk Carol Hackney and one other employee in the Clerk’s Office are trained registrars. Hackney has been acting as township clerk since Tilton was suspended on June 10. She has no interest in pursuing the position full-time, and the township will begin looking for a full-time …
Saturday, July 16, 2011
The special hearing for Township Clerk Lisa Tilton will be held at 5 p.m. at the Municipal Complex.
The special hearing concerning disciplinary action taken by Galloway Township against Township Clerk Lisa Tilton takes place tonight at 5 p.m. at the municipal complex. It had been scheduled for last Wednesday. "We have to give Miss Tilton and her attorney time to adequately prepare for her hearing," Galloway Township Solicitor Michael Blee said at last Tuesday night's council meeting. "But there will be no further adjournments. Barring extreme circumstances, there will be no adjournment." Tilton received written notification from the township of her suspension on June 10, which was a Friday, and a council meeting was scheduled for the ensuing Tuesday. "We weren't ready for a hearing on June 14 for a multitude of reasons," Blee said. "Then…
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