MONCTON, N.B. - A judge has ruled against an application to exclude one of the people named in the lawsuit of a former New Brunswick man seeking more than $6 million in compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
Stephen Lakas, who now lives in Winnipeg, was convicted of sexual assault in 2010 and spent two years behind bars.
He claims there was evidence that supported his case that his legal aid lawyer knew about but didn't present at his trial.
Lakas was released in June 2011 after an appeal was granted, and the Crown later withdrew the charge.
Last month, a lawyer for former legal aid lawyer Maurice Blanchard sought to have his client dropped from the lawsuit, arguing that the application from Lakas wasn't properly worded.
But in a decision dated June 30, Justice Zoel Dionne says he will allow Lakas to amend the wording of his statement of claim.
