Leland Beloff, the former Philadelphia city councilman who was convicted of extortion more than two decades ago, filed a lawsuit earlier this year with his wife, Diane Beloff, making various claims against the substance-abuse rehabilitation center where she was treated.
A federal judge has decided that the couple has sufficiently pled their claims that the center, Seaside Palm Beach, is liable for the conduct of its medical employees and that Diane Beloff's alleged injuries could substantiate Leland Beloff's claim for loss of her society and companionship. However, U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that the couple's claim for punitive damages was lacking.
