Litigation

A state judge has dismissed the Town of Riverhead from one of two lawsuits filed after the fatal November 2021 fire on Second Street in Riverhead, where five people died.

Suffolk County Water Authority sued Riverhead, seeking a court ruling that its North Fork pipeline project is exempt from local zoning.

Alleged collusion by Triple Five’s American Dream megamall and New Jersey town puts repayment of $800 million in bonds at risk: lawsuit claims.

Riverhead, Southampton and Brookhaven sued New York, saying state cannabis regulators are illegally overriding local control over where retail marijuana shops can locate.

The lawsuit complains of the Council for the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall's stewardship of the property and alleges the organization has not done enough to raise funds for needed renovations and repairs. The town purchased the building in 1980 and deeded it to the nonprofit group in 1982.

Prior to the appeal, authorized by the Town Board last month, Riverhead Town spent more than half a million dollars in legal fees on the Oak Hills litigation over 6 years. Officials say the cost of complying with the trial court’s ruling would far exceed the legal costs of the appeal.

The town board voted unanimously last Tuesday to authorize a lawsuit commenced three weeks earlier on its behalf by an outside law firm — after deputy town attorney Ann Marie Prudenti spent about 20 minutes explaining why it wasn't really necessary.

Four men arrested following a March 2018 brawl at a Wading River catering hall have filed a multimillion federal lawsuit against the Town of Riverhead and two town police officers, alleging false arrest, false imprisonment, use of excessive force and unreasonable search and seizure.

A decades-long legal battle over sand mining in Calverton is rekindled, but this time, town gets preliminary injunction up front.

Former town employee's lawsuit claiming wrongful termination, breach of contract and other charges is dismissed by state Supreme Court judge.