‘Mutual understanding’ ended zombie suits, city learns
Dunkirk’s attorney has offered more information about the city’s “zombie property” lawsuits that recently ended. “Those lawsuits were being handled by an outside law firm. Those properties have been sold to other owners in the past couple of years,” city attorney Elliott Raimondo told the Common Council last week. “The law firm did not believe that the case had that many merits… the judge didn’t really toss it, it was a mutual understanding that it would not be continued.” Raimondo was responding to a question from Councilwoman Nancy Nichols about the properties at ...