Personal Injury Law company files for a lawsuit because of an electronic sign
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
When you refuse a law firm specializing in personal injury then you have high chances of getting sued. This is exactly what happened in the Chesterfield County.
On the October 21’st, a personal injury law firm known as Tronfeld West & Durrett has officially filed the suit against the Chesterfield County alleging that its “free speech pursuant to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution” was denied because “the computer-controlled variable message is a form of commercial speech.”
The lawsuit has also alleged that the Chesterfield County regulation of the electronic signs “is unreasonable, arbitrary and an excessive exercise of the county’s police powers.”
On September of 23′rd, however Chesterfield County main supervisors have decided to deny a request by the personal injury law firm for an electronic message sign which was to be located at the Midlothian Turnpike and Gateway Center Parkway and was supposed to replace the existing sign. The electronic sign policy prohibits the electronic sign within 2,000 feet of another electronic sign. In the case of Tronfeld West & Durrett and the closest sign is located about 850 feet away.
The sign which was supposed to represent the personal injury law firm Tronfeld West & Durrett could have been approved possibly if the recommendations from a main sign study committee had been approved also sometime earlier this year. However both the Chesterfield Planning Commission and the county board disapproved of the electronic sign.
Don Kappel who is the county’s main director of public affairs, commented that it is the practice of the county main attorney’s office not to actually comment on any of the pending litigations.
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