Landfill owners pay $400,000 for filing SLAPP suit

Associated Press
12.14.01

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In the 1990s, Nancy Hsu Fleming was relentless in complaining to state officials about a landfill in her town. She irked its owners so ferociously, they ended up suing her.

On Dec. 12, three days into a counter-lawsuit she filed against the landfill's owners claiming that they had tried to intimidate her and had violated her constitutional rights, they agreed to pay her $400,000 to settle the matter. . . Read more Nancy Hsu Fleming SLAPP Bill Harsch Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation Thomas C. Angelone Hometown Properties Inc. Department of Environmental Management Dry Bridge Road landfill American Civil Liberties Union First Amendment hydrogen sulfide gas health department Providence Rhode Island