DEPARTMENT: Office of the County Manager
FILE TYPE: Regular Action
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Authorize Legal Services Contract With Iverson Reuvers, LLC, For Representation Of Dakota County And Its Employees In Josephine Adu-Gyane et al. v. Dakota County et al.
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Josephine Adu-Gyane and Rosalind Marie Lewis, as Co-Trustees for the Next-of-Kin of Kingsley Fifi Bimpong, was an inmate in the Dakota County jail when Plaintiff claims Dakota County employees, among others, were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, causing Mr. Bimpong’s death; and
WHEREAS, Plaintiff commenced a lawsuit against Dakota County and Dakota County correctional deputies and officers; and
WHEREAS, Minn. Stat. § 388.09, Subd. 1, permits the County Board to employ an attorney to assist the County Attorney and to appear for the County or any County officer in an action in which the County or officer in an official capacity is a party; and
WHEREAS, in consultation with the County Attorney, the County Board has chosen to retain legal services to assist in the matter of Josephine Adu-Gyane et al. v. Dakota County et al; and
WHEREAS, Iverson Reuvers, LLC has knowledge and experience related to the claims asserted in the matter of Josephine Adu-Gyane et al. v. Dakota County et al; and
WHEREAS, Iverson Reuvers, LLC has agreed to enter into a legal service agreement based on the rates charged to members of the Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Deputy County Manager to execute a legal services contract with Iverson Reuvers, LLC, based upon the rates charged to the members of the Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust, to represent the County or any County officer or employee in their official capacity in the matter of Josephine Adu-Gyane et al. v. Dakota County et al.
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