the London capers

I made a claim against the City of London and the mayor of London for falsely detaining me in a hospital for twelve days ,for putting me in jail for two days on phony charges and for refusing me entry into the Salvation Army for two days.My claim( a serious claim) was for $3 million.I felt that after these series of events that my next two years were spoiled.Perhaps my working days were over now.Loss of income was certainly part of my claim.I filed my claim in Hamilton.The City did not file a valid defence.Their sole defence was based on an improper service of my claim.They did not address the merit of my claim.I met with the city solicitor and asked if he wanted to settle as he had no real defence.He did not seem agreeable to any significant settlement amount but seemed to agree that they did not have a reasonable defence .After repeated attempts to settle unsuccessfully I decided to make a Motion for Summary Judgement in London court.I got a motion hearing for September1,2000.
I went before a judge Evelyn Galinski and she heard the defence by the defendant before that of the plaintiff.The city solicitor said that a motion had been made by a third party (a lawyer Bette Collard) in St. Thomas in Elgin county to dismiss  my claim.A judge  in St. Thomas approved the motion.This was entered by the city solicitor as his sole defence.I told judge Galinski that this third party defnce should be given some weight but the defendant had no valid defence.She agreed with me and then she dismissed my claim based solely on Bette Collard's motion and the subsequent court decision.
I checked the Ontario Annual Practices 2001 and found out that a decision made in another county cannot have any bearing on another county's legal actions.

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