A judge who said he had no sympathy for perjurers has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Homestead by its former deputy city manager.
“The court is well aware that justice is ordinarily served by letting a jury decide issues of a case. However, where a party ignores her sacred oath to tell the truth and changes her testimony to suit her changing legal position and moreover acknowledges in deposition a willingness to do so, she forfeits her right to use these proceedings to seek relief from the court,” Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jorge Cueto ruled in a final judgment striking the pleadings.
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