Discussion and possible action to retain Allison, Bass, and Magee to defend Webb County and Webb County employees named in Civil Action No. 5:17-cv-00237; Mario Alberto Andrade, Sr, and Irene Herrera vs. Webb County, Texas; Orlando Villanueva; Arturo Garza-Gongora; Hortencia Avalos; Maria Vaillancourt; and Julio Arriaga, and authorizing the County Judge to execute relevant documents; and any other matters incident thereto.
Issue: The County Attorney has indicated that he will not represent Webb County on this matter despite the Commissioners Court specifically providing his office with a “Civil Litigation Specialist” and an assistant for the Civil Litigation Specialist. Consequently the County is in need of outside counsel to defend against the above referenced suit.
Solution: Retain outside counsel capable of defending against the claims in the lawsuit.
Result: Webb County and the named employees will be appropriately represented.