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Lawsuits In most cases of government caused traffic delays, lawsuits would not be possible. Under government immunity, governments are usually immune to lawsuits for their actions done in good faith. Secondly, under tort law, generally one can sue for personal injury or property damage, but not for economic loss, as many parties only tangentially related to a case could legitimately claim such losses. Those restrictions usually only apply to negligence. In both situations, restrictions do not apply if the plaintiff could show that the defendants acted in bad faith. New Jersey is also more open to economic loss claims than other states.^[1]

In January 2014, a federal lawsuit, seeking certification as a class action, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, on behalf of six Bergen County residents, claiming that they arrived late for work and lost pay, or suffered other adverse effects, and several businesses, who lost revenue, due to traffic jams caused by the lane closures. The lawsuit alleges that the lane closures were the result of a civil conspiracy and "willful, wanton, arbitrary, and egregious official misconduct".^[2] Christie, Kelly, Wildstein, Baroni, Stepien, the Port Authority, and State of New Jersey are named as defendants.^[3]^[4] Wildstein and Kelly failed to respond, and were declared in default on May 4, 2015.^[5] The case was dismissed on June 30, 2015, by U.S. District Court Judge Jose Linares, as "failing to allege the personal involvement of any Defendant as is required," but his ruling allowed for certain of the claims to be re-filed. The plaintiffs planned to file an amended suit, with added details taken from the Baroni and Kelly indictments and the Wildstein plea.^[6]

On January 13, 2014, six Bergen County taxicab companies filed a class action lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court in Hackensack, claiming their cab employees lost money based on lost time and extra gas consumption, and suffered emotional harm due to the deliberately caused traffic jams. The lawsuit named Kelly, Drewniak, Wildstein, Baroni, and Christie's gubernatorial campaign, along with Stepien.^[7]

In March 2016 the group including livery services, taxis, transportation firms and other individuals, filed a 157-page brief in federal court bid to get court approval of a class action against the state, the Port Authority, Christie's re-election campaign, ex-Port Authority officials David Wildstein and Bill Baroni, Bridget Anne Kelly, and former spokesman for the governor Michael Drewniak.^[8]

References

^ John Culhane (January 14, 2014). "How to Sue Over the Christie Bridge Scandal and Win". Slate. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
^ Markos, Kirbet (January 9, 2014). "Six Bergen County residents file class-action lawsuits over GWB scandal". The Record. Woodland Park, NJ. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
^ "Bridgegate: Six NJ residents file lawsuit against Christie, Port Authority". NJ.com. Associated Press. January 9, 2014.
^ Complaint, docket entry 1, January 9, 2014, and Amended Complaint, docket entry 5, January 20, 2014, Zachary Galicki, et al. v. State of New Jersey, Christopher James Christie, Bridget Anne Kelly, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Bill Baroni, David Wildstein, et al., case no. 2:14-cv-00169-KM-MCA, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Newark Div.)
^ Johnson, Brent (May 6, 2015). "Wildstein, Kelly fail to respond to Bridgegate civil case". NJ Advance Media. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
^ Zambito, Thomas (June 30, 2015). "Judge dismisses Bridgegate traffic jams lawsuit". NJ Advance Media. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ Markos, Kirbet (January 14, 2014). "Cabbies caught in GWB lane closure traffic sue Christie's staff for damages". The Record. Woodland Park, NJ. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
^ http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2016/03/drivers_defend_bid_for_bridgegate_class_action.html#incart_river_home

Proposed section Chis Christie legal representation, Christopher Wray

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Christopher Wray was Chris Christie's attorney but is missing from the article. Seems that the representation and familiarity of the "affair" by Wray should be present. Any concurrence? Also, during Wray's confirmation hearing ; the broadcast on MSNBC was interrupted by Brian Williams when a senator asked Wray about Christie. The clip is at 4:28 minute mark;

https://www.c-span.org/video/?430949-1/christopher-wray-pledges-strict-independence-fbi-helm

--Wikipietime (talk) 17:35, 12 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

Bridgegate Caper, Scandal, Thing, Debacle, Exploit, etc.,

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added a redirect for Bridgegate Caper to article for more direct access. In doing so, I noticed Caper story and am of the thinking that Bridgegate Caper story might be better. Not sure if Caper story, scandal or some other term should be the principle noun. A Caper is a genre of fiction, which is not accurate here. The Semantic change or Etymology for bridgegate ??? whatever is due. Thoughts?--Wikipietime (talk) 14:55, 17 July 2017 (UTC)Reply

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[slateculhane-1] John Culhane (January 14, 2014). "How to Sue Over the Christie Bridge Scandal and Win". Slate. Retrieved January 25, 2014.

[2] Markos, Kirbet (January 9, 2014). "Six Bergen County residents file class-action lawsuits over GWB scandal". The Record. Woodland Park, NJ. Retrieved January 11, 2014.

[3] "Bridgegate: Six NJ residents file lawsuit against Christie, Port Authority". NJ.com. Associated Press. January 9, 2014.

[4] Complaint, docket entry 1, January 9, 2014, and Amended Complaint, docket entry 5, January 20, 2014, Zachary Galicki, et al. v. State of New Jersey, Christopher James Christie, Bridget Anne Kelly, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Bill Baroni, David Wildstein, et al., case no. 2:14-cv-00169-KM-MCA, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (Newark Div.)

[Johnson-2015-05-06-5] Johnson, Brent (May 6, 2015). "Wildstein, Kelly fail to respond to Bridgegate civil case". NJ Advance Media. Retrieved May 7, 2015.

[Zambito-2015-06-30-6] Zambito, Thomas (June 30, 2015). "Judge dismisses Bridgegate traffic jams lawsuit". NJ Advance Media. Retrieved June 30, 2015.

[7] Markos, Kirbet (January 14, 2014). "Cabbies caught in GWB lane closure traffic sue Christie's staff for damages". The Record. Woodland Park, NJ. Retrieved January 14, 2014.

[8] ttp://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2016/03/drivers_defend_bid_for_bridgegate_class_action.html#incart_river_home

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