Judge hits Austin city council candidate Laura Pressley and attorney with $100,000 sanctions
Laura Pressley tells the Austin Monitor that she is disappointed but not discouraged by $100,000 in sanctions imposed on her and her attorney. The unsuccessful city council candidate added that the ruling awarding nearly $100,000 in damages to her former District 4 Council opponent–and current Council Member–Greg Casar will not end her drive to challenge the results of the election she lost to Casar in December.
On Thursday, District Judge Dan Mills issued a final ruling granting Casar’s request for financial sanctions against Pressley and her attorney, David Rogers. Both Pressley and Rogers knew or should have known that their litigation was without merit, wrote Mills in his decision. Pressley was hit with $40,000 in sanctions, while Rogers was ordered to pay $50,000. The two were also ordered to pay more than $7,000 in out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Casar’s legal team.
Mills dismissed Pressley’s lawsuit challenging the results of the election in May. In June, Mills indicated that he would award sanctions to Casar.
Pressley told the Monitor that while she disagreed with the sanctions, she said the judge did not sanction her in response to some of what she considers the most important questions she is raising about the election. Specifically, she said her complaint that Travis County did not produce legally-required ballot images and did not keep a backup “results tape.”
Read more: http://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2015/07/judge-hits-laura-pressley-and-attorney-with-100000-sanctions-in-election-lawsuit/
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