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Case 1:04-cv-00163-GMS

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M ICHAEL G. T RACHTMAN P AUL A. L OGAN*° G UNTHER O. CARRLE * BRUCE D. L OMBARDO L AWRENCE A. BORDA* J OSEPH P. T RABUCCO,III N EIL P. CLAIN, JR.* J ONATHAN K. HOLLIN D AVID T. BOLGER RICHARD J. DAVIES * S TEVEN G. BARDSLEY* S TEPHEN D. M ENARD* F RANCIS G. L A ROCCA E ILEEN C. CLARK* D ENNIS P. HERBERT* F RANK S. N OFER* A NTHONY S. P OTTER G EORGE T. REYNOLDS* M ARY J. PEDERSEN* F REDERICK M. BREHM* J ENIFER L. SUPLEE * J AMES S. BAINBRIDGE* K EVIN K. CARTON, JR.* D IRK M. SIMPSON, LL.M. (TAXATION )* CHRISTOPHER S. KOLLER K ELLY E. S OLOMON G REGORY J. STAR* J AKE H. W ONG * A LLISON J. STRUPCZEWSKI J ACKLYNN A NN BARRAS , LL.M. (TAXATION )* A NDREW J. F UGA* *A LSO A DMITTED IN NJ LSO A DMITTED IN MD A ALSO ADMITTED IN DE LSO ADMITTED IN NY A

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OF COUNSEL RALPH B. POWELL ,J R. M ALCOLM B. JACOBSON RICHARD T. ABELL RICHARD L. BUSH KEITH R. BLACK
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October 10, 2006
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VIA ELECTRONIC FILING The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet United States District Court for the District of Delaware J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building 844 N. King Street Room 4324, Lockbox 19 Wilmington, DE 19801 Re: Dear Judge Sleet: It has come to our attention that there is a clerical error in the amount of the jury verdict in favor of Donald M. Durkin Contracting, Inc. at docket entry no. 291. The text of the jury verdict indicates a verdict amount in favor of Donald M. Durkin Contracting, Inc. in the amount of $38,408, 324.71, which we believe is overstated by $1,740,751.38. It is our view that the correct amount of the verdict would include the sum of line items I(A)(1), I(A)(2) and I(B)(1) of the Jury Verdict Form, which totals $36,667,572.33. It appears that the amount of attorney's fees listed in line I(A)(3) of the Jury Verdict Form was added to lines I(A)(1) and I(A)(2), when it fact the legal and professional fees claimed by Durkin were subsumed within the "post-termination expenses" claimed in I(A)(2). See Durkin Exhibit 68, line item 6 (footnote 3 noted that these amounts included the unpaid legal expenses of Durkin and Federal Insurance Company). It was the intent of Durkin and the City of Newark to segregate and extract the legal fees from any amount of post-termination expenses awarded to avoid any duplication of legal fees in any post-trial submissions by the parties, and also for the City of Newark to be able to identify and challenge any award of attorney's fees to Durkin as part of the breach of contract claims.
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Donald M. Durkin Contracting, Inc. v. City of Newark, et al. United States District Court, No. 04-0163-GMS

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I have advised counsel for the City of Newark of this matter, who concurs with our assessment, and also notified counsel for URS Corporation. We sincerely apologize for any lack of clarify and confusion in the format of the Jury Verdict Form. We are prepared to file a motion pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(a) or to address this in any other manner the Court prefers. Respectfully,

__/s/__David T.Bolger David T. Bolger

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All counsel of record (via electronic notification)

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