Led by a memorandum of law filed by the defendants in the civil “kids for cash” suit with direct ties to Luzerne County government, several individuals in the case have filed motions to dismiss an amended complaint filed by one class of plaintiffs earlier this fall.

Nearly all the defendants who sought to dismiss claims filed by Joseph Rimmer and Zane Farmer — five in all — argued the plaintiffs failed to plead necessary elements, lacked required factual support and fell short in several attempts to state a claim.