A Montgomery County judge has thrown out claims against former Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley that were filed by ex-bodyman and confidante Ray Lewis in an unlawful termination lawsuit. Circuit Judge Truman M. Hobbs ruled that Bentley is protected by state immunity because he was acting in his official capacity when Lewis claims he was forced to retire.
A new lawsuit filed against Robert Bentley alleges that the governor illegally delayed a special election to replace former U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions. Alabama Auditor Jim Zeigler and retired District Attorney Tommy Chapman of Evergreen, a Democrat, jointly argue that Bentley’s decision to set an election date in November of 2018 violates state law.
A judge this morning ordered a stay – or hold – in the litigation of a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former ALEA Secretary Spencer Collier. Montgomery Circuit Judge Eugene Reese ordered the stay in the lawsuit filed against Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, current ALEA director Stan Stabler, Bentley’s former advisor Rebekah Mason and her RCM Communications Inc., and the dark money group …
Gov. Robert Bentley this week requested, and received, a court date to fight allegations made by former ALEA head Spencer Collier in his wrongful termination lawsuit. On Wednesday, Montgomery County Circuit Judge Johnny Hardwick set a hearing for July 26 for all motions pending in the lawsuit.
Attorneys for Gov. Robert Bentley filed a motion in court on Monday asking a judge to dismiss a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former ALEA Secretary Spencer Collier. Collier, the state’s top law enforcement officer who was fired by Bentley in March, filed his lawsuit against Bentley, Rebekah Caldwell Mason and others in April.
Orange resident Joseph Cavins, 63, took up smoking electronic cigarettes two years ago to help kick his long-time chewing tobacco habit. He was smoking an e-cigarette at his computer desk on the night of April 15 when he suddenly heard a loud crack. “It felt like a metal baseball bat had hit the side of my face,” he said.