Post by Logan on Apr 7, 2016 7:05:09 GMT -6
Courser, Gamrat file notice of intent to sue state
LANSING — Former state Reps. Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat have filed a notice with the Michigan Court of Claims that they could sue the state and others to recoup more than $500,000 for lost wages and compensatory damages for psychological and emotional distress related to their removal from office.
The notice isn’t an actual lawsuit against the state and individuals associated with the proceedings that led to the Republican lawmakers leaving office on Sept. 11 — Courser of Lapeer resigned and Gamrat of Plainwell was expelled. But the notice came last month to comply with the six-month statute of limitations on lawsuits against the state.
“The claim will be filed in federal court,” the notice stated, adding that the actions taken that led to them leaving office were unconstitutional.
Courser and Gamrat were caught in a sex scandal and bizarre cover-up in which Courser sent an anonymous e-mail last year claiming that he was a sexual deviant who paid for sex with men outside bars in Lansing. The intent was to make it appear that the pair were victims of a smear campaign and to make it so that any news of their affair would pale in comparison to the manufactured tale in the e-mail.
Read more: www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/06/courser-gamrat-file-notice-intent-sue-state/82725532/
LANSING — Former state Reps. Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat have filed a notice with the Michigan Court of Claims that they could sue the state and others to recoup more than $500,000 for lost wages and compensatory damages for psychological and emotional distress related to their removal from office.
The notice isn’t an actual lawsuit against the state and individuals associated with the proceedings that led to the Republican lawmakers leaving office on Sept. 11 — Courser of Lapeer resigned and Gamrat of Plainwell was expelled. But the notice came last month to comply with the six-month statute of limitations on lawsuits against the state.
“The claim will be filed in federal court,” the notice stated, adding that the actions taken that led to them leaving office were unconstitutional.
Courser and Gamrat were caught in a sex scandal and bizarre cover-up in which Courser sent an anonymous e-mail last year claiming that he was a sexual deviant who paid for sex with men outside bars in Lansing. The intent was to make it appear that the pair were victims of a smear campaign and to make it so that any news of their affair would pale in comparison to the manufactured tale in the e-mail.
Read more: www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/04/06/courser-gamrat-file-notice-intent-sue-state/82725532/