Saturday, August 21, 2010

Is this a State Case or Federal Case?

NEW YORK – A Brooklyn woman filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the Daily News on Tuesday seeking damages in the aftermath of the paper’s Scratch n’ Match fiasco.





Linette Stewart, 35, said she was led to believe she won three $100,000 cash prizes after completing the contest form in Saturday’s paper.





Sunday, the newspaper informed its readers of a misprint by an outside contractor that led many people to believe they had won.





“Our dreams were shattered,” said Stewart a paralegal, “And it’s not fair.” She filed her lawsuit in Queens Supreme Court on Tuesday. It was the second lawsuit over the contest in as many days.





Monday, about 2,000 irate readers waited in line outside the paper’s prize-validation office. The Daily News put blame on the contest administrator for allowing “typographical errors”. The paper announced that all supposed winning tickets will be place into a new drawing with a higher cash prize.Is this a State Case or Federal Case?
State. But it's also not a crime. A crime must have intent. It's just a lawsuit, and I don't think she'll win.Is this a State Case or Federal Case?
State. Federal would only be involved if it involved fraud, this sounds like just a mistake.
This is a Civil case and they are tried in State District Court.
Neither. It's a civil law suit, and she doesn't stand a chance of winning.

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