{"id":3704,"date":"2019-03-15T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/?p=3704"},"modified":"2019-03-15T10:45:10","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T14:45:10","slug":"update-on-willie-green-lawsuit-against-shelby-and-rick-howell-shelbys-lawyers-say-they-will-go-all-the-way-what-they-dont-say-is-they-will-go-all-the-way-making-500-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/2019\/03\/15\/update-on-willie-green-lawsuit-against-shelby-and-rick-howell-shelbys-lawyers-say-they-will-go-all-the-way-what-they-dont-say-is-they-will-go-all-the-way-making-500-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Willie Green Lawsuit against Shelby and Rick Howell!!! Shelby\u2019s Lawyers Say they will go all the way!! What they don\u2019t say is they will go all the way making $500-hour!! Shelby Lawyer Bill Expected to exceed $500,000 Report and arithmetic by Robert A. Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As reported in my previous article, a Federal Judge has thrown out the Motion to Dismiss by Shelby and Rick Howell\u2019s attorneys; clearing the way for a Federal Court trial by jury. This is bad news if you are Shelby taxpayers and Rick Howell. Note that Rick Howell has been sued personally.<\/p>\n

This threat to go all the way by Shelby is something else too. It is bluster and blather too, after spending so much lawyer time on their best hope-getting off on a loophole. Especially when their case, on the merits and facts, is so very weak. And the discrimination by Shelby and defamation by Rick Howell is so obvious. And, let\u2019s not forget that Cleveland County has done the same thing to Mr. Green. What a mess and at such a cost.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at the possible cost to the City of Shelby and Shelby taxpayers.<\/p>\n

A Jury trial such as this in Federal Court (in Asheville) will probably take several years to come to court. All the processes and procedures. The Defendant\u2019s \u201cAnswer\u201d to the lawsuit, which Shelby and Howell has been avoiding for so long. The depositions of witnesses. The various hearings on Motions, Schedules and other things, all in Asheville. All the travel expenses. Shelby\u2019s attorneys will easily roll up over 1,000 hours. 1,000 hours at $500\/hr. equals $500,000 plus expenses.<\/p>\n

And, do not forget, that if Willie Green wins his case, Shelby and Rick Howell will pay Mr. Green\u2019s attorney fees too. So, Shelby may very well be on the hook for over $1,000,000. Just in attorney fees.<\/p>\n

Also, do not forget that, if Mr. Green wins, Shelby and Howell are on the hook for compensatory damages and punitive damages. Compensatory damages are compensation for actual costs to Mr. Green because of Shelby and Howells bad acts. Mr. Greens travel, lost business and many other factors. Add in another $500,000 to Shelby\/Howell\u2019s bill. Then, Howell\u2019s defamation. Another $250,000 plus bankruptcy for the obnoxious Mr. Howell. Now the kicker. Shelby\u2019s obvious discrimination against Mr. Green. Punitive Damages, that is awards levied on Shelby to punish Shelby for illegal discrimination. Who knows? Another $2-5 Million???<\/p>\n

Well residents of the City of Shelby, YOU do the final arithmetic here. See what YOUR leadership\u2019s bad acts have brought down upon you. My suggestion to Shelby residents is recruit reasonable people to run for office this year. Throw out the ole and bring in the new. And settle with Mr. Green while you still can.<\/p>\n

Or, vote for Eddie Holbrook for Ward 2 and double your liability. Which would also encourage Mr. Green to sue Cleveland County too. And bring county residents into your sinking boat with you. Then we can all get a second job to pay lawyer bills and lawsuit damages.<\/p>\n

PS: Shelby\u2019s lawyers noted in this article are Shelby\u2019s out-of-town lawyers.<\/p>\n

PS Part II: Shelby officials have continued their defamation of Mr. Willis Green by making statements to WBTV News, Channel 3, that Mr. Green did not have the resources to uphold his part of the Sports Complex Idea. Unfortunately for Shelby, they have no proof for their statements. Their $500-hr out of town lawyer should have told the fools to keep their mouths shut.<\/p>\n

To watch the TV News report, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As reported in my previous article, a Federal Judge has thrown out the Motion to Dismiss by Shelby and Rick Howell\u2019s attorneys; clearing the way for a Federal Court trial by jury. This is bad news if you are Shelby taxpayers and Rick Howell. Note that Rick Howell has been sued personally. This threat to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cgg-investigations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}