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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 18

For legal services as special counsel for the University in defending three suits instituted by Mrs. Mary L. Bentley, formerly employed as a nurse in the Research and Educational Hospitals, against: ( a ) Dr. Donald J. Caseley, Medical Director of the Research and Educational Hospitals, and Mr. Paul Hartley, formerly Associate Director of Nonacademic Personnel; (b) Dr. Joseph B. Teton, formerly Gynecologist in the Health Service at the Chicago Professional Colleges (and still a member of the faculty as a Clinical Assistant P r o f e s s o r ) ; and (c) a suit for judicial review of the action of the Merit Board of the University Civil Service System of Illinois in finding her guilty of charges preferred against her by the University in ordering her discharge from employment $15 400 00 Reimbursement for advances and expenses paid by that firm on behalf of the University 202 66 Total $15 602 66 Mr. Albert E. Jenner and Mr. Prentice H . Marshall of the law firm assisted the Legal Counsel in all of this litigation and other members of the firm participated in portions of it. The firm has submitted detailed statements of its services in this litigation covering a period of more than two years, October, 1955, to December, 1957, and an itemized statement of its expenses. These have been examined and approved by the Legal Counsel. Chapman and Cutler, I I I West Monroe Street, Chicago F o r legal services to assist the Legal Counsel in defending a suit instituted in the Superior Court of Cook County in March, 1954, which suit is still pending, by Continental Builders, Inc., seeking to recover a $10,000 bid deposit made in connection with its bid on the construction of the Small Homes Council Housing Project in 1949 and seeking recovery of alleged damages $ 2 200 00 Reimbursement for advances and expenses paid by that firm on behalf of the University 45 05 Total $ 2 245 05 Continental Builders, Inc., was the lowest bidder on construction of thirty staff houses in the area south of Florida Avenue and immediately west of Race Street and a contract was issued, but Continental Builders, Inc., was unable to furnish a satisfactory performance bond within the time required. The University was thus compelled to secure new bids, as a consequence of which the project cost more than it would have if Continental Builders, Inc., had performed. T h e University retained the $10,000 bid deposit. Continental Builders, Inc., now sues to recover the amount of the deposit plus the expenses it alleges it incurred in preparing to do the work under the contract before the award was rescinded and also for the profit the plaintiff alleges would have been realized had it been permitted to go ahead with the contract. These items aggregate $70,000, the sum sued for, plus court costs. T h e firm has submitted a detailed statement of its services in this litigation and an itemized statement of its expenses. These have been examined and approved by the Legal Counsel. I recommend that these payments be authorized and that an appropriation of $17,847.71 be made from the General Reserve Fund for this purpose.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these payments were authorized, and an appropriation of $17,847.71 was made from the General Reserve Fund for this purpose. This action was taken by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickeli, Mr. Swain, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Herri ck, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Stratton, Mrs. Watkins.