County officials subject of COVID-19 litigation
Two Mohave County Health Department officials and a sheriff’s deputy are named as defendants in civil litigation alleging illegal enforcement of Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s executive orders involving COVID-19 restrictions in the food service arena. Lawyer Eric Spencer with the Phoenix-based Snell & Wilmer law firm filed a complaint in U.S. District Court on April 19. The action is on behalf of plaintiff BlondZee’s (BZ) Steak House in Lake Havasu City. The complaint alleges that the county attorney’s office interpreted Ducey’s EO 2020-18 to mean that restaurants such as BZ were allowed to serve take-out food and that customers could eat in the…