PITTSBURGH – After a federal magistrate judge recommended that an amended lawsuit from a Vandergrift Borough Council member, which alleged a conspiracy-based campaign of defamation and slander undertaken by a number of borough officials was intended to drive her out of office, be dismissed for failure to prosecute, the presiding judge acted accordingly and threw out the case.
PITTSBURGH – A federal magistrate judge has recommended that an amended lawsuit from a Vandergrift Borough Council member, which alleged a conspiracy-based campaign of defamation and slander undertaken by a number of borough officials was intended to drive her out of office, be dismissed for failure to prosecute.