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County retains insurance-defense counsel for Union Township property suit; commissioners table detectives union contract over pension question
Summary
Lawrence County approved a contract to continue working with insurance-defense counsel on a property-related lawsuit in Union Township and tabled a collective-bargaining agreement with the Lawrence County Detectives Association because a stipend provision may be pensionable.
The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners approved Resolution 110 to retain the county’s insurance-defense counsel (Jones, Pasadellos — the meeting referenced the firm handling prior insurance defense) to continue work on litigation related to a parcel in Union Township. County Solicitor Jason Madore told commissioners the same attorneys are familiar with the litigation and had agreed to continue at a reduced PCORP (insurance pool) rate.
Madore said the county had been named in multiple related suits; the federal case had been dropped, leaving a county-level…
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