Youngstown, OH – Rudzik Excavating, which in 2024 filed a First Amendment–retaliation lawsuit against Mahoning County and its commissioners, has filed a new civil complaint in Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas against the County. The prior suit stemmed from allegations that the County commissioners retaliated against the company for publicly criticizing the County's approach to projects.

The new suit seeks a declaratory judgment by the court that the County did not actually have contracts with the company that would entitle the county to seek the company's bid bonds.

For more detail, see here.

Rudzik Excavating is represented by Subodh Chandra and Ethan Dawson of The Chandra Law Firm LLC, along with Martin P. Desmond.

Chandra Law represents victims of employment retaliation who engaged in legally protected activity, including First Amendment–protected activity. Chandra Law’s DeCrane v. Eckart, et al. case is the leading Sixth Circuit opinion rounding up First Amendment–retaliation case law in the Sixth Circuit, and Chandra Law’s successful Buddenberg v. Weisdack Sixth Circuit case is also frequently invoked and cited for the proposition that defense lawyers cannot participate in retaliation.

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