"SLH" Case Dismissed By Judge

[Jim O'Bryan]

In a series of rulings today...

CV-15-846212 EDWARD GRAHAM, ET AL vs. CITY OF LAKEWOOD, ET AL
http://cpdocket.cp.cuyahogacounty.us/CV ... igiAbTqvw2

07/10/2017
N/A JE THE PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO COMPEL STRATEGIC PLAN AND CONSULTANT FOR LAKEWOOD HOSPITAL, FILED 10/05/2016, IS MOOT. THE PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO SCHEDULE A PRETRIAL STATUS CONFERENCE, FILED 06/15/2017, IS MOOT. NOTICE ISSUED

07/10/2017
N/A JE THE PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT, FILED 04/01/2016, IS DENIED. NOTICE ISSUED

07/10/2017
N/A JE JUDGMENT ENTRY GRANTING THE DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS THE FIRST AMENDED AND VERIFIED COMPLAINT. O.S.J. COURT COST ASSESSED TO THE PLAINTIFF(S). PURSUANT TO CIV.R. 58(B), THE CLERK OF COURTS IS DIRECTED TO SERVE THIS JUDGMENT IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY CIV.R. 5(B). THE CLERK MUST INDICATE ON THE DOCKET THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PARTIES, THE METHOD OF SERVICE, AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SERVICE. NOTICE ISSUED

This has no effect on lawsuit over City of Lakewood not producing public records.

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[Michael Deneen]

Not surprising.
There's no way a judge was going to rule in any way contrary to how the elections went.
Cleveland Clinic and Team Summers won the election via lies and big spending, so now the city is left with the consequences.
Again, it's very similar to Trump....no matter how obvious it becomes in the next few months that Russia meddled in the presidential election, the results stand.

[Bridget Conant]

Witness the power of the Cleveland Clinic.

[Mark Kindt]

We each owe a debt of gratitude to the individual taxpayers, the volunteer lawyers, and the other citizens who led and supported this valiant effort. You are what democracy is made of!

[Michael Deneen]

We each owe a debt of gratitude to the individual taxpayers, the volunteer lawyers, and the other citizens who led and supported this valiant effort. You are what democracy is made of!

Well said.
History will judge these folks very, very favorably.

[Pam Wetula]

My God! Is there no recourse? This is unbelievable that a Judge who delayed this case for this lengthy period of time can dismiss the entire thing without a hearing.

Can the world be this unjust?
Do the liars and the deceitful continue to be rewarded?

The plaintiffs along with the legal team on this taxpayer lawsuit deserve our greatest respect. They stood up for the rest of us. Thank you so much.

I am tears as I view the lack of justice displayed by our legal system in this matter. My disappointment in this Judge is overwhelming. I was one who defended him earlier and stated that I thought he would play fair.

There is NOTHING fair about denying the five plaintiffs in this lawsuit their day in court!

I am sick with the corruption in Lakewood, Cuyahoga County, Ohio and our current Federal Government.. I do mean sick to my core. I have spoken a number of people lately who feel the same way.

Cleveland Clinic Foundation and big business prevail again. I pray it may not always be so.

God Help Us !!!

[Jim O'Bryan]

Can the world be this unjust?
Do the liars and the deceitful continue to be rewarded?

There is NOTHING fair about denying the five plaintiffs in this lawsuit their day in court!

Cleveland Clinic Foundation and big business prevail again. I pray it may not always be so.

God Help Us !!!

Pam

We are looking for the decision, but many who were close to the case and the courts saw the writings on the wall with the elections.

People had voted and spoken, hospital gone.

Personally I have always felt the lawsuit was directed at the wrong place fo the wrong reasons. I would have rather seen a direct lawsuit against LHA, and another one against Elected officials on LHA who gave away their fiduciary responsibilities to those that elected them.

Our charter gives the Mayor the right to try to renegotiate any contract the City is involved in.

From day one, I have said, Let's just look at the paperwork, and make sure the i s are dotted at t s crossed, as it has been a terrible, unethical, decade long process of Lakewood asking the Clinic to leave the hospital.

RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS! What the hell, what's the harm now?

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[Bridget Conant]

RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS! What the hell, what's the harm now?

No more shielding them as "attorney client privilege?"

[Pam Wetula]

Can the world be this unjust?
Do the liars and the deceitful continue to be rewarded?

There is NOTHING fair about denying the five plaintiffs in this lawsuit their day in court!

Cleveland Clinic Foundation and big business prevail again. I pray it may not always be so.

God Help Us !!!

Pam

We are looking for the decision, but many who were close to the case and the courts saw the writings on the wall with the elections.

People had voted and spoken, hospital gone.

Personally I have always felt the lawsuit was directed at the wrong place fo the wrong reasons. I would have rather seen a direct lawsuit against LHA, and another one against Elected officials on LHA who gave away their fiduciary responsibilities to those that elected them.

Our charter gives the Mayor the right to try to renegotiate any contract the City is involved in.

From day one, I have said, Let's just look at the paperwork, and make sure the i s are dotted at t s crossed, as it has been a terrible, unethical, decade long process of Lakewood asking the Clinic to leave the hospital.

RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS! What the hell, what's the harm now?

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Jim,

I understand your point that the lawsuit(s) could have been directed to LHA entities BUT the DELAY and no commentary smacks of corruption.

I do agree with you and Bridget about the documents.
They need to RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS. No more attorney client privilege.

Of course, Summers still won't let this happen because he wants his agenda completely in place before the public learns the depth of his deceitfulness and the true expanse of his lies.

Thank you and you too Bridget for your always meaningful discourse. I have learned much from you, along with Brian Essi, Mark Kindt, Matt Kuhn's,Mike Deneen,Dan Alaimo..Marguerite Harknrss, Bill Call and all the contributors on this topic for the last few years.

[Jim O'Bryan]

Jim,

I understand your point that the lawsuit(s) could have been directed to LHA entities BUT the DELAY and no commentary smacks of corruption.

I do agree with you and Bridget about the documents.
They need to RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS. No more client privilege.

Of course, Summers still won't let this happen because he wants his agenda completely in place before the public learns the depth of his deceitfulness and the true expanse of his lies.

Thank you and you too Bridget for your always meaningful discourse. I have leaned much from you, along with Brian Essi, Mark Kindt, Matt Kuhn's,Mike Deneen,Dan Alaimo..Marguerite Harknrss, Bill Call and all the contributors on this topic for the last few years.

Pam

Or gave them every chance in the world to convince him the trial would have had different consequences and outcomes.

City Hall, bobbed, weaved, and filed false affidavits but in the end I have to believe, compared to the vote of the people, that had little impact. Holding and dragging feet on documents, they outlasted the judge and the filings. Happens often.

Pam, as you know I was never a member of Save Lakewood Hospital, though I appreciated everything they were trying to do. I saw it as legal, and important work on something this big, this sneaky and filled with so many lies by City Hall.

That there is no longer any chance of causing harm the lawsuits, and City Hall declaring they were lying about attorney client privileges for years, means there is no harm to them, they can release all the documents, and then we can move on as a city to our new pet store.

CITY HALL RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS NOW!

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[Pam Wetula]

I just found out that there is a 40 page opinion that was issued with the dismissal of the lawsuit. Can't wait to read it.

Ok Summers ...Come on Butler...

RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS!!!!

[Brian Essi]

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[Bridget Conant]

I just found out that there is a 40 page opinion that was issued with the dismissal of the lawsuit. Can't wait to read it.

Wow! That's longer than his 30 some page decision in the Brelo case.

And just as wrong.

[mjkuhns]

While I'm sure that a lengthy opinion from the judge will offer all sorts of interest, as I understand it this ruling was basically "defendants' motion to dismiss is granted." That motion was, essentially, "the expressed decision of voters should prevail." I think this points toward some life lessons that we can rely on, whatever details are supplied later.

1. Elections have consequences. Don't believe people who tell you differently, as some of the defendants in this very case did throughout last year. When in doubt, act as though your vote matters. Act as though behaving in any other way may be used against you in court, in fact.

2. People have power. There's an even deeper truth beneath "elections have consequences," which is that the voice of the people matters. As Nina Turner argued repeatedly, while speaking in Lakewood last Saturday, power is with the people always. Elected officials can exercise power solely because they represent those people. If elected officials try to act contrary to the people's will, it is the people's right and even duty to protest this.

3. You fail the moment you stop trying. Keep this in mind:

Will a vote for change always succeed? Perhaps not, but nonvoting certainly won't succeed.
Will public pressure always succeed? Perhaps not, but inaction certainly won't succeed.

As long as you're around, there's something more to fight for. There's something at stake. Act as though your voice and your vote matter.

It's never "too late" to do so; the best time to act is always "starting now."

[Bridget Conant]

Wonder why the opinion is not on the docket. It's unusual that there is no link to it.