Politics & Government

Bridgeville Settles Federal Lawsuit

Resident Marshall Pappert will be paid $220,000 after claiming his civil rights were violated.

has settled a federal lawsuit with a borough resident who claimed municipal officials and police violated his civil rights.

Court records show the borough and Marshall Pappert settled on Sept. 2, nearly nine months after he filed the lawsuit against the municipality along with Manager Lori Collins, Mayor Donald Dolde and former police Chief Edward Bogats Jr.

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported that the settlement paid Pappert $220,000.

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The lawsuit was filed after a long feud between Pappert and the borough over whether municipal officials were doing enough to monitor dust emissions from the near his Union Street home. Pappert claimed in the lawsuit that the borough refused to monitor the air around Silhol after he wrote numerous letters and made phone calls to municipal workers.

But Bridgeville police filed harassment charges against Pappert in October 2007 after the letters and phone calls continued for more than a year. He was convicted, but the state Superior Court overturned that ruling in April 2010. However, Pappert claimed that some municipal officials lied while testifying against him, which led to his conviction.

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He filed the federal civil rights lawsuit on Dec. 15, 2010.

Collins did not return phone messages requesting comment on the settlement.

Pappert’s attorneys also could not be reached for comment.


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