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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Brett Chase

MYSTERIOUS: Judge rejects bid to force arwady deposition in general iron case | Mind Blowing Facts

Dr. Allison Arwady will not be required to sit for a deposition in Reserve Management Group’s challenge of the city’s denial of a permit for its Southeast Side scrap-metal operation. (Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file)

A bid to force the city’s top public health official to answer questions under oath about rejecting a Southeast Side scrap-metal operation was denied by an administrative judge Monday.

Reserve Management Group is trying to overturn a permit decision for the relocated General Iron by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration. As part of that effort, a company lawyer sought to make Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady sit for a deposition, something that a city lawyer called “totally unnecessary.”

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