Lerxst Lawsuit Goes Away

Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson's lawsuit against the Collier County, Florida deputies who arrested him in on New Year's Eve 2003 has been dismissed by a federal judge. Lifeson claimed that deputies violated his civil rights by using excessive force to subdue him and his son during a skirmish at a party at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Florida. But U-S District Judge Paul Magnuson wrote in a ruling that the deputies' actions "were objectively reasonable." The judge also ruled that the Ritz hotel and a security employee weren't negligent in the case. Lifeson's lawyer plans to appeal.