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Article: District attorney asks court to toss $1M case SUBHEADLINE>Lawyer for Rensselaer County prosecutor calls action tainted by speculation, gossip
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2005
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Byline: BOB GARDINIER Staff Writer
TROY - An attorney for District Attorney Patricia DeAngelis on Friday called a former employee's $1 million lawsuit a "collection of gossip, profanity, speculation and surmise" that should be thrown out.
Less than a week before DeAngelis seeks election to a county judgeship, her attorney, Daniel J. Stewart, filed a motion to dismiss an Oct. 14 lawsuit from Jennifer Sober, a former assistant district attorney in her office.
Sober's state Supreme Court suit alleges unethical behavior in DeAngelis' office and claims Sober was defamed and wrongly terminated. She is seeking $1 million in damages.
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