$50 Million Class Action Suit Filed Against City of Stone Mountain
Attorney for the plaintiffs claims illegal use of the police department’s speed detection devices.
An attorney in Decatur has filed a $50 million class action civil lawsuit against the City of Stone Mountain, mayor Patricia Wheeler, city manager Barry Amos, and police chief Chancey Troutman, claiming illegal use of the police department’s speed detection devices, or laser. According to the lawsuit, filed by attorney Jennifer Watts on Aug. 9 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, for a period of three months the city failed to comply with the following statute (O.C.G.A. 40-14-4): No law enforcement agency may use speed detection devices, unless the agency possesses a license in compliance with Federal Communications Commission rules, and unless each device, before being placed in service and annually after being…
Leonora Kareem
9:30 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
I live right behind the Stone Mountain City Hall for the last 20yrs. I got 3 ticket for the last couple of yrs. I hope my name will be in the class action. I hope i can get some of the difference as well. My ticket was $1,125.00. more ›