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"<p style=\"color: #333333;\">A man claims the New Boston fire marshal wrongly disconnected the electricity from his tenant&rsquo;s building, causing his tenant to go out of business and him to lose rental income.&nbsp;</p><br /><p style=\"color: #333333;\">Bayan Ghazzawi filed a lawsuit May 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Texarkana Division against the city of New Boston and New Boston Fire Marshal Ronald Clark.</p><br /><p style=\"color: #333333;\">In his complaint, Ghazzawi alleges Clark entered his premises at 309 E. Hoskins St. in New Boston for a fire safety inspection Dec. 23. At the inspection&rsquo;s conclusion, Clark informed Ghazzawi&rsquo;s tenant, Yaser Hamed, there were numerous fire safety hazards, according to the complaint.</p><br /><p style=\"color: #333333;\">When Ghazzawi was provided with a list of the alleged fire hazards, including a roof leak and excessive paper and trash, he immediately hired a contractor to fix the problems, the suit states. By Jan. 10, all of the alleged deficiencies included in the report had been corrected, the complaint says.</p><br /><p style=\"color: #333333;\">Because of Clark&rsquo;s actions, Ghazzawi&rsquo;s tenant has been unable to operate his business. In turn, Ghazzawi has lost rental income and has lost market and business value in his property, the suit states.</p><br /><p style=\"color: #333333;\">Ghazzawi contends the defendants wanted to shut down Hamed&rsquo;s business and searched for a reason to do so, thereby violating the U.S. and Texas constitutions.</p><br /><p style=\"color: #333333;\">He accuses the defendants of negligence and conspiracy for abuse of power.</p><br /><p style=\"color: #333333;\">Ghazzawi is seeking actual and consequential damages, plus attorneys fees, costs, pre- and post-judgment interest and other relief the court deems just.</p><br /><p style=\"color: #333333;\">He is being represented by William W. Miller Jr. of Greer and Miller in Texarkana.</p><br /><p style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Texarkana Division case number 5:14-cv-65</em></p><br /><p style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>This is a report on a civil lawsuit filed at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Texarkana Division. The details in this report come from an original complaint filed by a plaintiff.&nbsp;Please note that a complaint represents an accusation by a private individual, not the government. It is not an indication of guilt, and it represents only one side of the story.</em></p>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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