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submission to all persons entitled to same as provided
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Study for Ridgewood Water Lawsuit (NTE $52,000)
Matthew Birchenough , Staff Writer, @MattBirchenough5:01 p.m. ET March 1, 2017
A judge has postponed closing arguments scheduled for Friday in a lawsuit filed by Glen Rock, Midland Park and Wyckoff against Ridgewood Water.
Superior Court Judge Lisa Perez Friscia informed attorneys that the arguments would be delayed and a new date would be selected next week, said Gregory Reid, a lawyer representing Glen Rock, Midland Park and Wyckoff in the case.
BY RICHARD DE SANTA
The long-pending class action lawsuit by Glen Rock, Midland Park and Wyckoff against the Ridgewood Water utility is scheduled for trial beginning Nov. 1 in the New Jersey Superior Court in Hackensack.
According to Glen Rock Mayor Bruce Packer, a third and apparently final mediation attempt on Friday, Oct. 7 failed to produce a resolution, putting the case on the court docket following three postponements since April.
https://www.northjersey.com/community-news/mediation-fails-again-trial-scheduled-for-nov-1-1.1677135
Ridgewood NJ, The day of reckoning maybe at hand for Ridgewood Water. The class action lawsuit filed against Ridgewood Water by three of the municipalities Glen Rock, Wyckoff, and Midland Park it serves will go to trial April 5 in Bergen County Superior Court.
Ridgewood Water, a public utility owned by the Village of Ridgewood, provides water to Ridgewood, Wyckoff, Glen Rock, and Midland Park. The law suit, filed on behalf of ratepayers in 2011, seeks the complete repeal of the utility’s 37 percent rate increase since 2010. Ridgewood representatives claim the increase was necessary for the utility to stay solvent. The lawsuit claims that the utility artificially inflated its costs by commingling Village cost with that of Ridgewood water.
Ridgewood elected officials skipped out a meeting with retired Judge Peter E. Doyne on January 8th that was set up to try and settle the lawsuit. So there was nothing left for the parties to do but press forward with the lawsuit.