News: Medford - $1.9 Million Lawsuit (12 Jan 1994)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surname: Crabb, Verdone

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 1/10/2019

Originally published in the Star News, January 12 1994

A Medford man’s $1.9 million lawsuit against 23 Taylor County officials over his right to drive without a license has been dismissed by Federal District Judge Barbara Crabb.

He has been ordered to pay the legal expenses of all the defendants (with one exception) plus reasonable attorney’s fees.

The suit was filed last September by Todd Verdone, who claims State Statutes require a driver to be licensed only if he or she used the vehicle for commerce (for hire).

Verdone has appealed Crabb’s descision, and had also served her with a notice of demand to reconsider because he says her opinion and order has no basis in fact or law “and is accordingly doltish.”