HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 1977-37 - Board RESOLUTION NO. 7737
OF
TRUCKEE-DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
RETAINING SPECIAL COUNSEL
WHEREAS, Case Number 20677 was filed in the Superior Court
of the State of California, in and for the County of Nevada, by
Harold He Richmond, et al . , against Dart Industries, Inc, ; and
WHEREAS, on November 22 , 1976 , Dart Industries, Inc,
filed a Cross-Complaint 'in said action naming the Truckee
Donner Public Utility District, among others, as a Crossame
Defendant and alleging One Hundred Million Dollars in damages;
and
WHEREAS, the District ' s insurance carrier, Royal Globe
Insurance, has retained the services of C. James Georgeson,
Esq. , of the law firm of Wait, Shambergerf Geor geson and
McQuaid, to defend the District in said action pursuant to
a Reservation of Rights Agreement; and
WHEREASf it is the opinion of the Board of Directors
that independent counsel is needed to conduct a detailed
examination of the legal relationship pertaining to the Tahoe
Donner Water System and coordinate the of of a special
engineering consultant in evaluating said system; and
WHEREAS, it is further realized that said sp ecial
counsel should evaluate the current action and the District ' s
legal position thereunder; and
WHEREAS, the District Counsel has made an examination of
qualified firms, and the Board of Directors interviewed seven
prospective firms*
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors
of the TRUCKEE-DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT as follows :
That MICHAEL Re MARRON, ESQ. of the law
offices of STEINHART, GOLDBERG, FEIGENBAUM
& LADAR, of San Francisco, California , be
retained as Special Counsel to p erform the
necessary services on behalf of the District
relating to the Tahoe Donner Water System and
the Richmond suit ,
Passed and adopted by the TRUCKEE-DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY
DISTRICT, by its Board of Directors, at a meeting held within
the District on the 3rd day of October 1977f by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: _a_ rjul-Irl-r J. Maass
K. Kuttel P. Sutton
NOES :
ABSENT:
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Clerk There 6f-7'
AT SU%TONf President