JANKY v. BATISTATOS

No. 2:07-CV-339 PPS APR.

559 F.Supp.2d 923 (2008)

Cheryl JANKY, Plaintiff, v. Speros BATISTATOS, Lake County Convention & Visitors Bureau, and its Board of Directors, Individually, Jointly, and Severally and Attorneys Timothy Jordan, Robert Goldstein, Daniel Kuzman and Agents known and unknown, John Does, Jointly and Severally, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Hammond Division.

April 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory J. Reed PHV, Gregory J. Reed & Associates PC, Stephanie L. Hammonds PHV, Law Office of Stephanie L. Hammonds, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff.

Robert D. Goldstein, Timothy J, Jordan, Garan Lucow Miller PC, Grand Blanc, MI, Daniel C. Kuzman, Merrillville, IN, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

PHILIP P. SIMON, District Judge.

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