 Mayor Stewart and city council of Summerside filed a lawsuit against Deputy Police Chief David Griffin in 1997.The case is still in the courts as of October 2010 appealing the payment of interest on the damages owed to Griffin based on a judgement in March 2006 by Supreme Court Justice Wayne Cheverie who ruled in favour of Griffin in his malicious prosecution suit against the city.Stewart lives in Summerside with his wife Gail Inman-Stewart.