Wrongfully convicted men file counterclaim
By Tyler Graf, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash. | |
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The claim also alleges the state agency that provides low-cost coverage to counties, the
According to the claim, the risk pool and Lexington "concocted a scheme" to assert that the county's third-party liability insurance program wasn't real insurance, so the risk pool wasn't contractually obligated to pay the settlement amount.
The risk pool does not refer to itself as an insurer, describing itself as a coalition of
Representatives for the risk pool said they couldn't comment on the counterclaims on advice of their lawyers.
The two men at the center of the settlement dispute,
In 2013, the county agreed to pay the men
In November, the risk pool requested the county reverse its settlement with Northrop and Davis, a proposition the county said wasn't feasible. Attorneys for Northrop and Davis say the pool pressured
The risk pool sued Northrop and Davis in
A months-long dispute between
That decision followed a March meeting between the county's risk manager,
The risk pool, AIG and Lexington "compelled the county ... to propose a plan whereby the county would indemnify the pool from its exposure for the claims in the present lawsuit, without ever informing the court or Davis and Northrop," the counterclaim says.
A hearing is scheduled for
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