A lawsuit against Charlottesville’s Development Code will proceed to trial now that Circuit Court Judge Claude Worrell has reversed position on a June 30 motion of default judgment.
On September 2, City Attorney John Maddux briefed City Council in public on the next steps and how he’s managed the case so far since taking the position in May. He provided a refresher to date.
“Back in May, an attorney who was representing the city from Gentry Locke failed to meet a filing deadline, failed to file an answer in time, which resulted in early June, the plaintiffs moving for default judgment against the City,” Maddux said, “And on June 30, the court denied our motion for relief from that default judgment and to file a late answer, which, of course, as you know, set us into a tailspin.”…