Ill Attorney Prompts Mistrial In Police Clerk's Lawsuit
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A mistrial has been declared in a civil rights lawsuit brought by a Pittsburgh police officer who clerked for the former chief.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti granted the mistrial after Officer Tonya Montgomery-Ford said her attorney was too ill to continue.
Attorney Sam Cordes reported feeling dizzy Tuesday and wasn't in court Wednesday. His associated told the judge that he'll replace Cordes at a retrial, unless Cordes is able to work by then. The judge set the retrial for June 8.
Montgomery-Ford was suspended with pay for three years and reinstated only last month.
She contends she was suspended because she testified before a federal grand jury into alleged corruption by the administration of former Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.
Nobody was charged as a result of that investigation.
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