Clark County has been put on notice by the Washington Counties Risk Pool that if it doesn’t correct a violation of its agreement with the insurance group, it may be booted from its group coverage.
But what it will take to correct the issue isn’t clear.
“Last Friday, the full board of (the risk pool) directed its president and executive director to issue notice that we are in violation of the interlocal agreement (to participate in the pool),” said Mark Wilsdon, county risk manager. “They want us to cure that, or they may pursue a future action. And what it will take to fix that is something we are still considering.”
The county learned the pool’s board of directors was considering the action last week in response to the county’s recent settlement of a decades-old wrongful-imprisonment case.
In September, Clark County agreed to pay $10.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by Larry Davis and Alan Northrop, two men wrongfully convicted of a 1993 rape and imprisoned for 17 years. Davis and Northrop each received $5.25 million from the county. The settlement also authorized them to sue Washington Counties Risk Pool for as much as an additional $24 million, or $12 million apiece.
