ADVISORY/News Conference On Lawsuit by Widow Against BKK and BFI Involving Dispute Over Sunshine Canyon and Elsmere Landfills.Business/News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Thursday (Feb. 14) --(BUSINESS WIRE) A News Conference will be held on Thursday, February 14, at 10 a.m. on the site of what would have been the Elsmere Canyon Landfill near Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, to announce new charges that are being included in a lawsuit filed by a widow and a group of small investors against waste industry giants, BKK BKK Bangkok BKK Betriebskrankenkasse BKK Bangkok, Thailand - Bangkok International Airport (Airport Code) BKK Big Knobi Klub (a Shadowrun Website) BKK Backus Kehoe Kydland Corporation and Browning Ferris Industries, Inc. ("BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance "). The lawsuit involves alleged improprieties by BKK and BFI to breach a contract and defraud the investors out of millions of dollars owed to them for the Elsmere Canyon Landfill as well as alleged collusion by BKK and BFI for failing to develop the landfill in order to ensure the expansion of the highly controversial Sunshine Canyon Landfill. As a result of finding new documents, which were contained in filing cabinets, discovered since the lawsuit was originally filed in 1998, new causes of action were added to an amended complaint amended complaint n. what results when the party suing (plaintiff or petitioner) changes the complaint he/she has filed. It must be in writing, and can be done before the complaint is served on any defendant, by agreement between the parties (usually their lawyers), which will be filed on February 14. Highlighting the new charges is an allegation of racketeering Traditionally, obtaining or extorting money illegally or carrying on illegal business activities, usually by Organized Crime . A pattern of illegal activity carried out as part of an enterprise that is owned or controlled by those who are engaged in the illegal activity. as defined in the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (R.I.C.O) Act which involves BKK's and BFI's use of United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval and telephone wires in the acts of mail and wire fraud. Among the other new charges added to the complaint were Fraud and Negligent Misrepresentation misrepresentation In law, any false or misleading expression of fact, usually with the intent to deceive or defraud. It most commonly occurs in insurance and real-estate contracts. False advertising may also constitute misrepresentation. . Following is specific information on the News Conference:
WHEN: Thursday, February 14, at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Open Field in Elsmere Canyon on San Fernando Road off
Interstate 14
(Directions: Travel Interstate 5 North to Sacramento, then
take Interstate 14 East to the first exit, San Fernando Road.
Turn right at bottom of offramp and proceed approximately
100 yards until San Fernando Road dead ends into a "park and
ride" area. News Conference will be held there.)
WHO: Participating in the News Conference will be:
Virginia Langford, Plaintiff
Leonard Sands, Esq., Ms. Langford's Legal Counsel
Kim Thompson, L.A. City Environmental Affairs Commissioner
INFORMATION For additional information or advance arrangements,
CONTACT: contact Bob Fisher or Chris Foster of Fisher & Associates
at 818/346-1750 or by e-mail at pr4biz@FisherPR.com.
Mr. Fisher will be present to assist your reporter and/or
photographer or film crew.
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