 that was never disclosed to any of the parties in the case. And as a result, they never had the information that they may have wanted to challenge her participation in that case. The case was ultimately overturned on appeal and settled in favor of the paramedics. The former senator tells ABC News he had absolutely nothing to do with the lawsuit in question, adding he was lobbying for a separate agency, not the local government itself. But the same local officials oversee both entities.