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Document 200-3

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Page 3 of 35

IN THE UNED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRCT OF DELAWAR

DONALD M.

DUR CONTCTIG lNC,
Plaitiff
vs.

) Civil Action No. :

04- 0163 GMS

) JUY TRI DEMAED NEWAR HAOLD F. GODWI, JOHN H. FARLL , IV , JERRY CLIFTON, KA G. KABACHE DAVI J; ATHY J. OSBORN, JR , CHRSTIA REWA
CIT OF

fR

AN, UR CORPORATION,

Defendats.
vs.

- FEDERA INSURCE COMPAN

Thd Par Defendat.

CERTICATE OF SERVICE
foreg the fo

in

owig;

, Victoria K, Petrone , Esqui, hereby cert tht on Apri 12 , 2004, a copy of the Aner, Countercla and Thd Par Co plait was maied poste prepaid upon
Paul A. Log Esquie Powell, Trachtman Logan, CarIe & Lombardo , P . C., 475 Allendale Road , Suite 200 King ofPrusi a, PA 1940

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Case 1:04-cv-00163-GMS Document 200-3 Filed 08/22/2006 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR YHE DISTRICT OF DELAWAR
DONALD M. DURKIN CONTRACTING,
No. 04 -0163-GMS

Page 5 of 35

URIGINAL

INC.

vs.
CITY OF NEWAR, HAOLD F. GODWIN, Mayor
City of Newark, Delaware JOHN H. FARLL, IV, Council Member, City of Newark

Delaware
JERRY CLIFTON, Council Member, City of Newark

Delaware

KAL G.

KABACHER, Council Member, City of Newark

Delaware
DAVID J. ATHEY, Council Member, City of Newark

Delaware
FRAK J. OSBORN, JR.,
Council Member, City of Newark

Delaware
CHRISTINA REWA,

Council Member,

City

o:E

Newark

Delaware
and
URS CORPORATION

vs.
and FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY

DEPOSITION OF JOSEPH R. KULA

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Tuesday, June 13, 2006 Commencing at 10: 17 a.

STRADLEY, RONON, STEVENS & YOUNG, P.
300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 800

Wilmington, ' Delaware

COUNSEL APPEARED AS FOLLOWS:
LOMBARDO

POWELL, TRACHTMAN, LOGAN, CARRLE

BY: DAVID'

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406
(610) 354-9700 for the Plaintiff and Third-Party Defendant Donald M. Durkin

T. BOLGER, ESQUIRE 475 Allendale Road, Suite . 200

Contracting, Inc.
TIGHE, COTTRELL & LOGAN BY: VICKY PETRONE, ESQUIRE 704 North King Street, Suite 500

Wilmington, Delaware 19899
(302) 658- 6400

for the Defendants City of

Newark, et

al.
SEITZ, VAN OGTROP & GREEN, P. BY: JAMES S. GREEN, ESQUIRE 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500

Wilmington, Delaware 19899

(302) 888- 7603 for the Defendant URS Corporatio

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JOSEPH. R. KULA

No one s ever brought that to your

attenti on?
I read it in one of the recent
deposi tions,

but up. until

that time,

no.

Has URS completed all its

construction- phase
the proj ect.?

services in connection with
hether you
are there any other
city that

And by that I mean

providing as-buil ts --

services under your agreement with . the
have not been completed?

I. believe the as-builts
submi tted yet.

-- and this

my recollection, I don t believe they ve been

And we are also working on the
I believe that

operations and maintenance plan.
is it, as . best I c

n r call.
a proposal to the
city to

Do you recall at some point in early
2004 URS submitting '

provide claims- assistance services for the

litigation?
Yes.
Do you know at what point, if at
URS ceased providing claim- assistance

all,

services to

the city?
MR. GREEN:

Obj ect to the

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: JOSEPH R. KULA

form.
THE . WITNESS:

I do not.

BY. MR. BOLGER:
Do you know whe.the'
. URS is

still
ty?

providing claim- assistance service to the c

Not to my' knowledge.
But URS did provide some

claim-assistance services to the city in
connection with this litigation?

Well, I' m

trying to think of when the

claims assistance -- when we started to do

that.

m not sure if it was before or after the

li tigation.
And you don t recall .specifically when

you stopped providing those services?
No, I don
MR. BOLGER:

What time do

we have, Jim?
MR. GREEN:

12: 35.

MR. KINGSLEY:

Break unti

2:00?
MR. GREEN:

Sure.
12: 35-2: 06

(Luncheon recess

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Document 200-3 Filed COURT UND STATES DISTRCT08/22/2006

Page 10 of 35

FOR TH DISTRCT OF DELAWAR

DONALD M.

DUR CONTCTIG, INC. Plaiti
vs.

) Civi Action No. :

04-0163 OMS

CI

OF NEW

HAOlD F. GODWI,

. )JUYTRDEMAED

JOHN H. FARLL, G.

KA

FR REWA CHTIA
vs.

IV, ffRRY CLION KAACH DAVI J. ATHY, J. OSBOlU, JR, and

.

DefendatS,

FEDERA INSURCE COMPAN and

UR CORPORATION

TBIP ARTY COMPLAI OF DEFENDAN CI

Th Par Defendats.

OF NEWAR

Defendat City of Newark ("Newark") contrted with

UR Cotporation

ulmini strtion of ("URS") for profeSsional serces related to the desgn and constrction
Newark' s Water Supply Reservoir under a wrtten contrt
dated

Augu 22 , 2000.

Ths lawsuit was insttuted by Plaiti Donad M.

Dur Contrctig Inc.
Duki

'D'

') as a result of Newark' s termation ofits contrt

with

Durn ha asser a varety of allegations related io the design of the on of its contrt Reseroir and the underlyig fatu and legal bases for the terminat
with Newark.
Although these asserons ar still at issue, Durki ha dismssed

UR

an origial defendat.

Case 1:04-cv-00163-GMS Document 200-3 Filed 08/22/2006 Page 11 of 35 in ths action and th it is liable for any of the Newar denes 5. '

clai

denies

th the design is deficient or

tht the

termtion was t faCtully and legaly

jusfied. Howev , pleadg in the alteratve, in the even th ajudgment should be
redered agait
Newark related to the desgn and/or

tertion, then Newark would be
provisions of Delaware
C.

entitled to contrbution, indemcaton, or a pro rata deterinat on of the resective

shes of liabilty frm UR

purt to the

contrt, the

Uniorm Contrbution Among Tort Feaor's
other applicale sttute.

Law, 10

Del.

6301 , common law or any

WHREFORE, The City of Newar asks ths Cour to eJter judgment in its favor
on its Thd -Par Complat and such other relief as ths Cour

dee Just.
&
LOGAN,

TIGHE, COITLL

By:

Is!

Paul Cottll Paul Cottll Delaware LD. No. 2391 Victoria K. Petrone Delawar ID'-No. 4210 704 N. Kig Street O. Box 1031 Wilgton, DE 19899
p:. (302) 658-600
F: (302) 658-9836

email: .

oottU awtcl.com

Attrneys for Defendants City of Newark,.Harld F. Godwi John H. Clifton, Kal G. Farell, Iv, Kabacher David J. Athey, Osborne, Jr. , and Chsti Rewa

Jer

Fra

Dated October 7, 2005

Case 1:04-cv-00163-GMS
IN THE

Document 200-3

Filed 08/22/2006

Page 12 of 35

D STATES DISTRCT COURT

FOR THE DISTRCT OF DELAWAR

DONAL M. DUR
vs.

CONTCTG, INC.

) Civil

Action No. : 04- 0163 OMS

P1a
JOHN H. FARLL, lV, JERRY G. KAACHR, DAVI

CI' OF NEWAR HAOLD F. GODWI, CLIFON,
KA

JUY TR

DEMED

FR REWA CHTIA
vs.

J. ATHY, J.. OSBORN, JR, and
Defendats,

FEaRA INSURCE COMPAN and UR CORPOAATlON
Thd P

Defendats.

. CERTICATE OF SERVICE
I, Victoria K. Pe1rne, Esquie herby certfy tht on ths 7th day of October, 2005, Third-Part Complaint of Defendant City of caused a tre and COITt copy of the foregoing
Newark

to. be sered upon

e followig as indicate below:
Sheela D.

Paul A Log EsqUie Powell Trahtm Log

& Lom,baro, P . 475 Alendae Road Suite 200 Kig ofP sia, P A 19406 Nex Day By Federal-Express

C.

Dat, Esuie

S1rley, Ronon, Steven & Young,

LLP 300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1018
Wilmgton, DE 19801

By Hand-

liver

Samuel J.
James S. Gree Esqui Gerge H. Seitz, m, Esuie Seitz Van' Ogtop, & Green P. 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500 Wi1mgton, DE 19801 By Hand-Delivery

Patrck R. Kigsley, Esquie

Ar Jr., Esqui
LLP

David M. Burolder, Esquie Strey, Ronon, Steven & Young,

2600 One Commer Squae Phiadelphia, PA 19103-7098 Nex. Day By Federal Exress

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TIGHE, CO'ILL

&

LOGAN, P.

Paul Cotten Paul Cottn, Esquie
Is!

(#2391)

Victoria K. Petrn
Fir Feder
O. Box 1031

Pla Suite 500

Esqui (#4210)

Wilmgtn, DE 19899 . (302) 658-600 Counsellor the City pINewq.rk, its Mayor
and Council

plaints and Other Document 200-3 Filed 08/22/2006 Com' Case 1:04-cv-00163-GMS Initiating Documents 1:04-cv-00163-GMS Durkin Contractin v. Ci of Newark et al
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TH

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IN TH

UN STATES DISTRCf COURT DELAWAR
FOR

DISTRCT OF DELAWAR

DONALD M.

DUR CONTCTG, INC., )
Plaintiff

A. No. 04-0163 OMS

JUY

TR DEMAED

CIT OF NEWAR HAOLD F. GODWI, CLIFON, JOHN H. FARLL, IV,

JEY

KABACHER, FRG.J. OSBORN, JR, and CHRSTIA REWA,

DAVI J. ATHY,

Third Par Plaintiffs

Defendats

FEDERA INSURCE COMPAN,
Third-Part
Defend

CI OF

NEWAR
Third-Par Plaintiff
Third-Par Defendant.

ant

UR CORPORATION

TH PARTY OMP OF DEFENDAN CI OF NEWAR
Denied as stted.

UR CORPORATION'S ANSWE AN COUNRCLAI

URS and Newark entered into a series of

contr some of

which included design services and consction services..

Admitt.

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Tbe Complaint filed by Durk
the tes

against the City of

Newar is a wrtten

document,

of which

sp for themselves. URS denies that the design of the reervoir contrbutd
basis for any claim
by

in any way to the termination ofDurld' s con1ract with Newark or is the

Dukin.

Admitt that Durin has dismisse UR as a Defendat in its lawsuit
URS denies that it is liable to N wark ;, any way and denies that. its design was

deficient Furer denied tht UR is li
any theory.

able

Newark for contrbution, or indemnificaion under

AFTI
FIRT

DEFENSES

AFTI DEFESE
stte a cause of action

Newark' s Thrd

Pa COmplaint fails to
SECOND

upon which relief ca be

grted.

AFTI

J)EFENSE

Newark' s Third Par Complaint is b

ed by the doctes of waiver andlor' estoppel.

TI AFFIRTIV

DEFENSE

Newark' s Third

par Complaint is bared -by its own breaches of its contrt with Durkin

FOURTH..TI DEFENSE
Newark' s Third Par Complait is

bar becuse its own tortious conduct as aleged by

Durkin. Durkin is a supercing, intervening cause of any har to

FIF AFFIRTI DEFENSE
Newark' s Third
estoppel and/or law of

par Complaint is baed by

the doctrines of

res judicata,

collatral

the cae.

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SIX AFIRTI DEFSE
Newark' s Third

par Complaint is bard by the applicale sts
SEVENT

of limitations, and/or

doctrne of laches.

AFIRTI DEFENSE
contr with Newar
claims for conseuential damages.
DEFENSE

Newark' s claims are

bar by applicable provisions of the UR
and

caping the daages recoverle

barg'

EIGaT AFIRTI
Newark' s claims ar
bared by the

ecnomic loss doctrine.
DEFENSE

NI AFIRTI
To the exent Newar' s claims re
on

negligence, Newark's claims are bared by the

failure to specify the maner in which URS was negligent

COUNRCLA
URS entere into several sepate contrts with Newark pursuant to which
was to provid design and supervision services to Newark' for the design and

constction of a

reservoir for Newark.

URS provided the de
Newark, but Newark

igi and supervision service require by it

contrs with
pay UR for

as failed and refued to pay URS for its services.

Newark has breached its
its servces.

contr with UR

by failig and refusing to

As a result of .Newark' s

breach of contrct,

Newark is indebted to URS in the

following amounts. for services rendered by URS to Newark:

A. $239

156. 16 for services perfonned to design and supervise the

constction ofthe reservoir;

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B. $251,474.39 for litigation support services to assist Newark in its defense ofDurld' s claims;
$450. 00 for payment to Bradywe Nurerie ; and

Such other amounts.as proved at tral.

WHREFORE, URS demandS judgment against Newark in an amount not less than
$490 630. 55, together with pre and post judgment interest the

cost of this . action, including

Cour dees just. reonable attrneys' f es and such other and fuer relief as the

SEITZ, VAN OGTROP & GREEN, P.

/s/ James S. Gren. Sr.

JAMS S.
. 222

EN, SR., ESQ. (DE0481)

Delawar Avenue, Suite 1500

P. O. Box 68
Wilmingtn, DE 19899
(302) 888-0600 Attrneys for Third-Par Defendat

Corporao

Dat: June 16, 2006

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CETICATE OF SERVICE
, James S. Green, Esquire, hereby certfY that on

ths 16th day of

June, 2006

,I

electronically filed the followig d ument with the Clerk of Cour using CM/CF whi

h will

send notification of such filing to Counsl of record. '

TH

, UR CORPORATION' ANSWER AN PARTY COMPLA OF DEFENDAN

COUNRCL

CI OF NEWAR

Is!

James S. Green0481)

James S. Green (I No. glaw. com jgreen

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IN TH UNTE STATE DISTRICT COtJT
FOR TH DJ:STRICT 01'

DONA M.

1310 :Industrial

SOutbaton, PA 18966, plaintiff,

DDBoulevrd, Suite 200) CONTCTING, INC.

DBL

Civil Action

CITY 011 NEAR

04-163 GM

Newak, DB 19715-0390,
Mayor, City of,

220 Blkton Road O. Box 390

HAOLD'. GODw Newark, Delawae

Delaware

JO H. F.A, Council Memr,

City of Newark,

Delaware

JEY CLIFT Council Memr, City

of Newark,

council Member, City of Newark,

KA G. K1CH

Delawae

DAVI J. ATB

Coucil Mer, Delawa

City of Newark,

Delawae
CHSTIN REA
Delaware

P'

J. OSBORN, UR. coucil Memer, City of Newark,

Council Membr, City of Newark,

REGISTE PROFESSJ:ON
1400 NORTH
(302) 571-0510

CORBET &. WILCO

FRCH STRT - WILMGTON, DELWA 19801

REPORTES

CORBETT & WILCOX

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1 UU 121 Plll, PI DB ItI :a

Wi :a v. tmAN ) nDlN
41

GLEN R. BOWE, bavin be fi swor on oat wa

exed end tefi as fonows:
EXAA1'ON

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5 BY MR LOAN: Mr. Bowen. We me cartier this Q. Goo mc ask a couple oft\daenta queons, " momig. Le th. 8 an thn I will ask you to identify yourelf for

mo.

9 rerd.

. 10

11 'AU Al1I . LOAN CAA1.AJ 1!I 1a 4' ftDoM.1I. VJ PK BSQU 18 1I c;A LO'A 1'''' .. 11 p,o... IOJI
Co

A.1.1I

Have you ever A. No.

be

de

befor?

Q. Th will alow me now to give some inUODS. wh J would like to do is to.

VI 0I ,.. au l' IC Dt00 _1I 1'
ftawfl
S.

in as you a quoa commca with you . 1bfme, word th don't
th you do

Fi

w. QlBS 18 8B V/lOC I;GU.A

Ad,

1f 22D1_A_8u15Q WI DoftUU
1111

not underd, if) us able mae any sens pleae ten me; I woud like to be to a to rebr it so th you ar or th rve mae clea. th you

'Tat's nwnber one.

ac unders rendin
Number tw,

quon

21 DAVIu' Bua PATRIl1t.

sro.ea"'BS \I snA yOU
ft'Id""c.
IIIIOJ

you you do your reons. Rit now you ar nee to verze yes or simlls acknowledgi to me wi your be noddi the queson, you ar. goin to aner

wh

red,

acknowledent If

Page 5 Page 3

1 APPEANCE (CONT):
ALO PRESEN:
R.OGER A. AK.

you nee to veraliz a yes or a no, or no is. raer th sbak you hea yes or somees the sa uh-buh or uh-uh itelf doe't look 1b clea. Okay?

an

whver th

bec

ttscr

or

BSQUI CIT SOLICITR.'S OFFCE CIT OPNBWAR
MICHA DUR

1

Q. 1 have no problom wher if Grn, with Mr. tae br an Wat to

A. Yes.

objecon to coWIel to you toay. ) bave no certy do not don't know if BOyon els doe, but
could ask you to
for die

sp

you nee to

th I

who

10 Okay? A. Oka.

11 .

11 12 Q. An wh th in re si adtb 13 your ful Mulbe Cirle, 14 15 W&r, Pennlvaoa, cundy 16 Q. Mr. Cotion, 17 A. UR be 18 Q. An for the preent - 21 yea. 20 Woowalyde 21 22 UR. 23 Q. An Woo-Clyde offce corr loc penlvania
nae BOd
A. Glenn Ray Bowen, 1582

18974. Bowen by whom ar you

employed?

bow long have you

employed by UP

19 Corporaon?
orily

A. Under

11

then with th merger wit

tbe

th you worked

24 wi wa

in

Is that

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2,

me wh your 3 bakgund is an if you bae an prfesona

Q. Sir, ca

you teU

educona Uce?

have th auori to do that If there were to be a chage, it wou1d hae ha to have be aurize Is eiter th City or UR up the cba of

coand.

A. My educona bakgund is 5 tban-a-hayea at Temple Univerity, did
Basicaly, on-the-job

corr sir

A. I do belleve ths

6 gmua. Atted seer tehnca no professiona I have
Sir. wh
involves th.

Q. Now, focusing fi

conttt, do you have any

up the Gerge & Lynch rel1econ of anyone from 111

corr

Cit of New
A. No.
Q. Do you

direc th th specificaons be
reall, sir,

12 relap

reide 14 wi UR'l th prjec
to

Cit ofNewll reoir Wht poiton if an, did you hae in

bri us her is a lawsuit

waived. or modified in any fashion?

th plOj

t as far as your employment
role of the

frm UR th

the

15 projec rerentave,
17 maed for
18

1 was 16 MR LOGAN: identicaon.) Y
A. 1 wa asgned the
the RPR on

(Bowen DesJtion Exh'bit"No.

the waived or modfied In an way Geoe & Lynch were sever, at leat A. I do believe one th comes to mind where ther was a modficaon any the, I beneve the filti rate. I do't

co

reivi any dirtion
reting

spifcaons wer to be

contr th th

rel

19 Q. Mr. Bowe rve 20 ha be
th

the Q. An is it your rellecon. sir, baded to YOq a document WIDC! 19 in the ra offil1in the reoir was marked as Bowen No. 1. An 1 win teU you wI to you by someone wi UR? Joe it is and then rm goin to ask if 21 1 A. I believe it wa in a pho cal out of involved 22 look at it It is a docent th was Kul and pobly rdl Voell wer 23 spificaons coo1 and specifcaons frm the

otrs,

th

24 Dur contrt with th Cit of
rm goin to aSk
and see

Newar

th tayou would

cbg

dite

4 .

10 in connecon with th contrct entere into
11 . City ofNewar and ,George
Q. Now, sir, par of the dutes,

sir. 12 A. Yes. 12 13
repoibiUties an liitaons, just
title, as the RPR for 11e
A. Yes,

3 docent? cotr
you Jfyou

ca tae a

look at tht

uyou ar familar with

Page 7 th
me of a

cha.-

fr noti
Page 9

bein chage ar

Q. Ot

3 rel1eeon

A. Yes,

Q. ,An sir, doe Bowen 1 desbe your dues, reg ft
Q. Did you, sir, see

it appear to be frm that

th projec?
in the

to the specificaons of th cont beee th 5 an Georg" Lynch? A. I ca't rel any other at ths point in
time.

th reeroir toy or do you have of anyone speifcay auorig a change
you aWII

than the rate of fillg

City

identica caacity

S . Q. Sir, you wer failar with th speifications contr betwee
with or th
were

incorpora into the

And were th rensibilties1413 Q. wa to performspeificaonstotht George thse of Lynch to ideca with th contr speifcaons, 14 , and limtaon deas Dun an th 15 cont beteen idenca. 1 cm't say 15 doe it
City of Newar

A. I contr , 16verbat docents wer 16 A. fro 17 if queon or 17 Q. spificaons. wher I anwer th, Wh was your 18 MR LOAN: Let cae out 19 underdin of
looking for it. I don't see
Welt, let me ask you wheter or not you ba th autori in any way the 20 waive, modfy, and 21 reuients It does not allow any waiving of

not?
SO, as fa as your

& Lynch?

may refer beee thl 10 Donald M. dDukin Contrng, and Itht corr?to It as the City of Newar Is
11 Dun,

A, Yes,

sir.

22 A

23Q., spifications. spifc 24

contr 19 cha spificaons? 22 contr 23
role. you did not 24

identica. I don't not. 18 know fm going to me ask - rm going to repreent it 20 have a po,don of Bowen 21 of this big bok. If I could have ths mared as
marked for identificaon.)

believe them to be the two your

(Ben Deposition Exibit

No.

2 was

(pages 6 to
8d.

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11 Q. Anthtrcn"bthm? 12 Q. haeotofinish. 12 13 med ofwh you badwruen note ar? 13 14 of dea th th 14 beee ev seofNcw 8D Ooe & yo a coplen 15 co 16 inormatn ba be trbe b1 . 16 A. No. havi reived a typicaly pured 17 format rel bok. 17
11 ' A. No, lbaono I'sorr,
Q. Have

Corr 10 1heCigoahea' A. ro sony. ex re
3 paym an mae

74: A. Yes. for
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4:

A. Ycs,

Q. And some of

6 dIDand-maal basis.

wa tho have you ever Q. Sir,

th Cit lbeievethsco. fu on be co toer.
th wor wa 10

1 b01c frm 1he indiviua Jack Mawski th Mudrck-th wer worl on the site at fie cainet I couldn't teU you beyond

an Kev
tie in

the

be pad for on a
ver

field boks wer collecte and ar

Q. lsityoUtundersdinsi, th1hose
that the

ruors. Aga I am

pu coon se th cocr beee 10 A. Yes.rert
A, Yes sir.

A. Ths my undemading out the files, yes. offce th day Q. AB it rela to YO\D inut ino did you hadwrte out note?

re Wilmin
by UR'l

clea

Q. Do you know

copy of

A. My

the City

Lynch? 15

Q. Do you

ever

18 trm

anyone at UR, Tdl VoeUcr or anyon
recrd you

1;9 nwow th projec 20 compa them

A. 21 th Jill 22 Q. - wer rerded inCorrbok of 22 all priou wes da consction digr 23 Q. I ne matanefor a moment. 23 or oter wrti. or ba pre daly 24
VoeJter would
A. Yes.

ag Gerge" on a weely bais 21 du re pay
Lynch

mainta

0Ise to 18 in orer to 19
appncaODS

thw th

24
4. th
6 '
them

1 . constion rert. Corr

that wored for you, did Q. The individu 7 mQvi by hand, meag they bad wrte prepar their

'li of thos

origi rerd ar 10 uners it incte Q. So UR, ha wrte the 12 pure; th is asdesy hadwtt A. Gener, 12 i. rets of compacon te, any 13 to gener dur 13 paular; 14 pet th projeC 15 Gerg trti aculat th cae on 16 A. It bo 18 be 17 docen indivdu daly anybo wrte trbe 18 I don utliz th aculaton of purly a 20 inoraton 20 plu stl avalale, sir 21 bak-ofth report, 21 trler 22 iDaton trsfer th ther wa at quon. 22 tie th underd fi the sit. My 23 Q. rerd, 23 at
A. Tyicay,
Q. Do you know

si? A. Yes. tb corr co ou yes. indu?
Page 7S
Q. And you ba otrs Is would alo maita rerd.

to You

.11,

20 cre

Q. Jus so

is upon with eab of my field log books all the a daUy report th bok is complete,. it is a new out af J' ve rerd th you fm

unerdi

st

the job,

badwr note a field

your own

in some

A. Yes. Correc

Page 77

worl wi

1hat A. Upon completion of the da rert an a reon to keep it you or for you 3 bok bein filled I no loner had to any of you Q. No one ever

Q. And you have

thwn those away

A. Ths

rec

they

thos doeenU?
A. No. To

in

re

wher thos

10 move. They wer't

tie, I reived e-mails dur duplica inonnaton and 8 tht aU uneCly should be pured prior to the 9 send fies, be nec. Th cae
ths period of

the poin where 1 believe UR was

ba to deeed
you

11 out of ou offce.

you

they would

e.,

14 inoraton 1b was and lS would

to the project, and I

to docwnents th had been
&. Lynch
wasn't - no,

note and

tbe

infonnaton with

16 min and include it in th daly reort would be in would have any t believe wer aU an 19 rert. They their field boks Q. Ar

Where those

mforaton.
thre may

there was Lynch. It is a company 17 noth parcular to Georg &. thir field keep them. Once you've poliey th you don t nee to and taen all1he you have my inonnato 19
out of it its

the-notekeein metod. Agan, all1hat
to th
daily

1 was not at 1he A. As - goo files wer removed 1he

is Sir, you did

the

24 rellecon is th

have be

a group

offield

24 tie 1h you thew away thes

ongoing

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1 , lion beee
3 Ocrge
Q. My

. A. My underdi

UR? Du the it ba nog to do was
Ci, and

1 wer to be peled bak to the edge of the soil. the

" Lyn

3

Q. Is ther an docentation in pho;m or an kid ofrerd th

nat

Gerge &.

Lynh

5 unersd there was litgaqn

quon spifcaly

Du and URS?
A. Yes.

pe

was sir:

9 ha

Q. An did you W1erd Du

10 finish th RSeroir A. I don't know wbs

11 12

as
A. I

e1a agns

fu tbth f

clai by the Ci 13 rervoir 14 co re1a to the completon of the litigaon goin soe

15 16 ' 17 bolt of it 18 Q. Is it 19 jus sad, al 21 A. I 22 we 23 24 Q.
20 may

afe

tb1here wa an . Q. You didn't Uner Dukin for the

ben

as

followed th dition? Thy A. Oh, I believe there ar beee th City, th Fabonn 6 wer peodicaly taen them 7 An I believe you wi se its - rve witnesd I'e in 8 pelin it bak. In City bac to the 9 help them pul the ra r 1Ie cost beeen th soU and th 10 with keep of the Q. Ca you tell me Who is the by the City. to?
ou did

du

phohs. p1a

fa seer

In

ag

11 12 phoths th 13
16 file.
A. Yes,

geocs.
and I

on. but fm not th faiUa
ar.. '

unde th was wha the nms with
yoW' undersdig. baed upn
th the

refe m referg to A. They ar - th pbotogrhs I' photgrhs 14 woud be sltpeifc daly prgr believe ar on
yo1fve jus

15 hae be submi
or by

to the Cit

wh you

have
don't

be pured? knw wh th ar. Ilcw ther

field boks of the

wQdd for you

field boks in the file

ca

17 Q. These ar UR. 18 19 20 Q. Is it reUecon 21
24 when

photogrhs that wer taen by you?

when 1 left the
unde the

site.

Sir, going bak to the

re

1 Fabriorm:f let me ask a couple of,
Did you

4 eneeri signcace of the
5 Fabor

methodlogies. be any unded ther to the ar beee gethet mat?
A. rm not quit sur wha

Page 79 agn,
Fabonn was bein plac?
2 Lyn's work plan Th
A. I don

Q. ByURS? A. Righ th a par of the your 22 gener work pla prvide for th peli bak, poin trition 23 wa your word of th ra sbeets to 1Ie
Page 81

rel that bein with
diron

the cementious mari tht would 10' a bondg 11 lea out of the Fabriorm dur fill and the

12 geosyetic

matal? 13 ca 17 yes. 18 20 FabForm? 21 A. Yes. 22 wh 23
10 wa

7 signifca wa your wa Di you underd that thre

enri te? Q. Yes
the

3 me to bo George" Lynh and to 4 wbo did the

TrSt Cota, th wa wh Fabon iaaton th sh ft the to mnove the ra wer to do, wa. 6 gele to a point wher ther wa noting ben th the edge of th soil.
soil, it wa esentially bak to to uner Q. I'

would have come ftm

Gerge &

be

to be

11
14 In

faul not your. rm

tr tr triri
eases th

wh - its my to underd wh exay

The ran sheets we folded bak on top
what you re saying?

at th tie.

14 blee wa fr pumpin the grut doe

A. My belicfis th

th does oc, that the 13 .

12 of themelves. Is th

A. Ths corr in mos

15 cemenus matal out of th filt point and with 16 with It in the tie1d aU th bOnd they 16 tbe geote1e below tht th would be some Tyicaly wh would hape is saba pull th remove 17 18 would pull the ra shee bak, relat to th use of th ran shee, bac to the soillgeosyetic Q. As it under the 19 the ran shee 19 photogrhs indica 1b th Ja shee went 20 and then redbag th until the sheet wa deployed would

15 ran shee but th

bee

acy

ti.

cu cut the somew problemc deaing
tok a kne and

ca. Not alwas.

int,

21 Once

Q. How far bak did the
A. The

24

they wer deployi th Fabrorm

direon ' for th ra she wa in the paels, th ran shee 24

ra sheets go?

dov 22 reve th sadbag ou frm unde it an allow them grUt 23 the line 80 they were't in the way to

th Fabonn panel wa deployed then th move them

bottm secton. 21 (pages 78 to

81)

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2 . slope.

Q. And bow did you

4 1h is w1 Dw1d wa

trmitt Bowe II? ther A. No, I couldn' t say wh th - I me some undersdin of all the a litte bit of sad or soil of e 1t 1 hae a go fi atl th belief of eah mud bots. I don't 9 counca'ODS, all alegon, 1.0 th could have beeo brougt in by only teU you ca it towh it cae bave 10 pa In 1b thng. I ca an know wh woudI couldn't tell you hap A was and wha I rel beg over eriD but
1 se th
is I sa soe
811. I

A. Coverations. Seen some
ca't

th saying
forulat the

Zo IV

matrials on the

Lynch would put

th wa of 8

so soil on th there wa nothg in th be

opinon

- my

back an - I ca't sit here and

you know th sour ' of any of the to be 00 the ran for Wheter I've 6 maris 1h appe

rellecon

11

It I don't 12 over _Is th tell me. 1 don t have atl1b piec 13 docenon
it 't be

have

th my

at

of my bowJede, any
Q. SO do

at

Ther wa DOver.
to

acly pla maal

on top of ti rao shets

she

depict 00
to

small amoUi

of

14 of1h1h pue.wa Du' coent 15
Q. No on ever told you

ma. should 1h' bo a rerd somewh of1le Q. Sir, I being reai movemnt of the soU depict in 'Bowe 1
A. Movementofthe soU

16 it could not be A: I ca't say. It may have ju wa

11 Q. YoujU5wercn'taparoftbdiionor 18 20 A. It t1 22 on pa of1le rellecon 1h Mr. 23 Q. exped phenomen th 24 indica

19 diogu?
they

cO as deiged? may have.
11e

know of any reai

goin bak to 1h files. Iftbre

th we doe af

in Bowe 11? J don't
were, ther

11116 wiout

would have

be a rerd of it
Is

23. bits an piec. And Itt not to make decisions based
Sir, is it your
th be

st. Pr oc? reto 4 hapear, unquote?
arund arund me. You get

rerd ther would have be no re in th ue
th corr sir

Q. An if1her is no such en

In an of tie

A. To 1b best of my knwledge, yes. to rerd wheneer Q. Was it th prce ofUR is depict 24 rills wer bein

rere

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Page 111

in Bowo 8 , 9, I will do 10 and 11 to have

A. No, I don't beHeve so. . I don't expe Mr. Pruty ever saying th he
1Ie Q. Di Mr. Prut use

yt

an 3 repai 1h woud on th day? . th none were Je'

A. I do beeve, yes. any rills bein Q. So if there is no rerdin of

inca

te that 1b

6 qu mace ite,
A. I do

Q. An it is
9 even 1Iat
10 Lynoh is

11

A. I' no sW' of th da, but

12 would

re1 th da thy stppe 14 their acvities sice its conson acvies 1.3 ar wi th tie they may say on the ea side, 14 But 1 beHeve thes pbognbs 15 were repariUs, And
to fin, and I don't

st tie 15 of tiling. 11 ston. deict 16
17 there appe to be soil
A. Thre

12 al th wa beHeve th - I believe it wa Novembe thy 13 work it

filti th rervir -I
ar depict bere

beHeve,of the ac, th al yes.
sir, occur whle

A. ,To the be of my knowlede. Q. In your da conson
repai being

7 we

mae' is it your

afe stent re relletion

Gee

81 10

woUld hae identied 9 bein made?
A. Not

the locon

I would

11 wer being

repa
would

ar prbaly be

that they neary. In th or cr were wodd ar
11e reoir spndin the enti

in lare

in

wher the repairs ' wer

if there 1Iat you

a genera stent th

da

18 ap 18 oc 20 we to pla 205. 20 Q. Wh 21 ab1,Decbe 1, 21 sbeunderd1spitica th depict in 22 A. Wen;letme8JdUbisway. 1bClWC 22 Wh 23 oc af, 23 00
soils

1.9 shee. ra
be
upon the
oDS

Q. Sir, thowatetb is

buttl in BoweD 11, 16 wes side,

wouldn't be as speifc as by

Co to you, materis in it. Q. Sir, 1 may have miss somet to be soil on top of the ran 19 but! want to corr it now. An th is th th acly on repairs

ar in the nort end

A. Okay.

spficaon rela 24 they would be anho

to the ra shee.

Q. So the phenomena

is

Bowen 8

,24 and 9 would

have

with sadbag or wbeterOerge

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being Do you have a n:llecon of th
the cae, sir

re, coon 12 ,14 Is 15 A. If of thwer crws workg arund reoir 16 peter 17 it in 18 Q.conson, I coon.
th righ there

10 th Fabrior, 11 supe it WBS. frm what I ca that wou1d have ben Q. Ifthei was a report. 13 reed in the daly report daly
the
rilJs,

5 th files to disrn wheter d\ng the th yo see in A. Tyicaly, yes. 6' opon, wheer thes pacular rills Q.- An the fi pag would Pa pror to the watr levc . 8 identi the prjec the con1r,reflec would and th da, the 7 Bowe 8 to. would inica manpower bac to th Th wer suseq repa of the week, an then it wat up to 9 th Zone IV pror to - pror to the be one of them. I 10 actiities or I should say eqipment th wa on site 0 and th may have
an 9 ha bee

it. Thy rered it I would have to look back filli

A. I don't re anyt in parcuar abut thug

Q. Would the sae have project? The fonns didn't chge, did they the A. No, I don t believe so. Q. Al of the Daly Report of.CostCton page Corrct 5 copose

Du

oftb sepa

see.

ge

11 tb da. Is th

corrt?

to complet re

day rert the of how to ju nee a gude And rm report of 19 day 20 going to be referrng 10 ex"bit th wer idened of Cal Houc. the 21 col1econ of, Speifcaly, ther was a
would be tyica documeo,in the

13 14 tempe 15 A. ItCorr 16 Q. 17

A. Amongs othr things, yes, Q. It would also indica high IId
8Id weather conditions?
would then have matrial

low

reived,

d thel

there would be an identificaon 1 B was a viito on the site.

22
dur
the

teony

19 20 21
23 24

of whether or not

ther

A. 1bs tyic,
A. Yes.
Q. - where

Thats the

22 con1ained on pa

Q. Now, as far as the inoraton
did UR

fi yes

page. Right?

th
Page 111

23 its a collecon ofUR day cocton rert, 24 rm goin to asjus firs of al if you wnt identi
in doct hsIf Not spficaywi refece to referce but raer

- ste

Page 115

2 Cal Houck's depositio

nmDbc. the Bat 4 1h didn't hae a lot of my own

st

who oversw the Were you the Dai Report of Conscton? completion of all
A. Yes.

pe

5 exlo.

Por the

re1l

I jus tok the fist one on it for

is

hag Bat st
and

NEW13479

.,' Sir, l' going to bad to you

13480, and 13481.

10 FirofaD- Ca we mae this No. 12? MR KJGSW:
12, Whenev
you ar

11 13 15 ma
16
1? BY

8 docum so th we ca re togeter interpreon or how to iotot 1h

doen

undersd the

A. Obsrvons. would obseed or Q. So you would have on, for exaple, 11/29/05, thre was have obslVed 9 sutendent, two foremen, six labre, one prjec 10 maer, six opers, and one

li

Q. Wher did th inormaton of on th shet come frm? , Wh wa

the manwer

th sour?

th

sone

do 1 Win go mae a Xer ofit

MR LOAN: Abslut1y. Ths is jus 14 for inrmaton purse
(Bwe Deiton Bxb"bit No. 12
for identificaon.)

11 12 13 al 14 15 identicaon of
A. 'Is
A. Yes.
Q. h would

testr-

corrt,

Q. - ftm George"

Lynh on site, Yes?

identfy, or there is an

oth enes on site,

16 or oth who

MR LOAN: 18 Q. Mr. Bowe rve baed to wa documa whch 18 A. Ths corr th Corr sae 19 to as 19 ba be maed thos inividual, 20 of ge queon ab 21 Q. Ther is th prce ofUR lis of eqpment 22 . lea eoJJon 22 prjec 23 UR wa A. Corr 24 equipmen t), Cont' 24 A. Yes.

1 7 corr

ar work

for George" Lyn, Is

subcntrrs

21

you a couple an 1 as Bowe 12, the documeD ite1f. to coplete a Was it for eah day that at Daily Report of
on sit for the

Q. And th
A. Thats

20 mapower fo

corr
also Wider th a

would go with th list

Gerge" Lynch

23 . or

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114, to

117)

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IN TH UNED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR TH DISTRCT OF DELAWAR
DONALD M.
INC.,

DUR CONTCTING,

Plaintiff
vs.

CI OF NEWAR et
and
CIT OF NEW AR
vs.

aI.,

Defendants

Third-Part Plaintiff

CONTCTIG DONALD M. and FEDERA INSURCE COMPAN, Third-Part Defendants
REOUEST FOR PRODUCTON OF DOCUMNTS OF NEWAR (SET n DIRCTED TO THE

DUR

CI

PursuaHo Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 26 and 34 , you are hereby requeste to (30) days, at the with produce the below- listed documents for inspection and copyig
, P. Law Offces of Powell , Trahtman Logan Caxle & Lombardo

200 , Kig of Prusia, Pennsyvana,
agreed in wrting. .

, 475 Allendale Roa Suite 406, or at, such other convenent locaton as otherwse

th

DEFIONS
For the puroses of these Requests; .the followmg defitions
shall apply:.

and al Council Members of and for the City

of Newark, the Mayor of 1. ' The "City of Newark" shan mean the CitY ewark, individualy and/orthe City of Newark, collectively, as

appropri

. . 2. The " City of Newark Reseroir Project" shall mean the Water Supply Reservoir that is issue in
the subject of the Gonstrction Contrct at
ths action.

You" and " your" shall mea the par respondig to these Requests. .
. 4.

Document" mean, uness ' othelWise stted all wrtten, prited

tyed or recorded

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non-dupUcate copies electronically, grphic or photogrhic material of any kid or charter and custody or control , including, , now or at any time relevant to ths action in your possession, , chars, photogrhs, among other thgs and without litaon, wrtigs,. drwings, grphs trslated, if phonorecords, and other data compilations ftom which information can be obtained, , necessar, by you though detection devices into reaonably usable form.

"All documents" mean the origial and all copies of a document, as above defined and can be mown to you, includig al1 draft and marked up copies , and every such document that ' located or discovered by you thugh reasonably dilgent effort.

s.

repreentatives.

6.

, attorneys or All references to the pares also encompass their agents, employees

7. "Relating to

" or "

concernng, connected

related to " shal mean refenig to , alludig to, responding to, of, about or regarding, with commentig on, in resect '

INSTRUCTIONS
The following Intrctions shall gover these Requests: .

Each Request is to be anered separately and completely. Requests that canot be anwered in fun shan shall specify the reasons for the incompleteness.
be

anered as completely as possible and

3.

You are hereby requested to.supplement seasonably. your responses to these Requestsday' (30) puruant to Rule 26( e) of the Federa Rules of Civil Procedure at the end of each the period imedately fonowig the filing of your intial responses hereto based on requiements of Rule 26(e). For the purose of Rule 26(e), these Requests are deemed to be a (30) day period prior to the tie of the fial pretral order. new " request for each

th

th

4.

If afer reasonable investigation, eXpressly, and desCrbe in deta\ the investigaton that you

documents responsive to .

that Reques.

you lack documents resonsive to any Request, state so made to obtain mowledge of '

S.

and If you hav responsive documents, some of which you are providing in an upn some of which you are witholdig, stte so expressly, and state in detail the exact grounds which responsive documents are' being witheld.

aner

possession, ha access to such dOcuments and custody or contro stae the circumstaces under which you , custody or , the identity of-the individual(s) or entity that now has them in their possession control.
For wrtigs

6.

to which you have had acess but which are not now in your

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To the extent that you object to any Request or porton thereof, you shall:
(a)
(b)

identify the porton to which such objection is made;
state specifically each and every ground upon which you rely for your
answer all par to which no objection exists.

objection; and
(c)

To the extent that you object to any Request on the basis of privilege , you shall:

(a)
(b)

identify the porton to which such

objection is made;

state specifically each and every ground upon which you rely for your
anwer all par to which no objection exists.

objection; and
(c)

DOC

NTS TO BE PRODUCED

limted to the following:
(a)

1,

Al documents relating to the City of Newark Reservoir Project, including, but not

all correspondence generated or received by the City of Newark;

(b)

onic documents,. includig emails and fax trsmssions between UR,- the City of Newark and any of the named Defendats;.
al elec

(c)

all documents respectig the contract and work being performed. George & Lynch, Inc.

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all douments respectig the re-bid of the contract for the work within the
scope of the contrt of Donald M. Durn Contrctig, Inc. , including copies of all hadouts and other materals;

(e)

ail communcations between the City of Newark and UR in any way related to ths litigation.

PoweU, Trachtman, Logan,

Carrie & Lo b
By:
, Logan

rdo, P.

Delaware Supreme Cour ID #3339
475 Allendale Road Suite 200 Kig of Prusia, P A 19406 , Telephone: 610- 354-9700
Telefacsimle: 610- 354-9760
Attorneys for Plaitiff

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CERTIFCATE OF SERVICE
1, Paul A. Logan counel for Plaitiff
corrt copy oftbe

certify that

on September 15,. 2005 , a tre and

foregoing Request for Production of Documents (Set I). Directed to City of

Newark was served upon the following by U. S. Mail
Paul Cottell ,

, postage prepaid, at the addresses below.

Esquie Victoria K. Petrone, Esquie

TIGHE, COTrLL
Firt Federal Plaza

& LOGAN, P.

James S. Green, Esquie Seitz, Van Ogtp & Green;. 222 Delaware Avenue Suite 1500, P. O. Box 68
Wilmgton, DE 19899

Suite 500 P. O. Box 103.1
Wilmgton, DE 19899 Attorneys for City of Newark, Harold F.

Attorneys for UR Corporation

Godwi John

H. Farell,

Jer Clifton, Kal
J.

G. J(bacber, David J. Athey, Fran Osborne, Jr. and Chsti Rewa

Samuel J, Arena, Jr., Esquie

Patrck R Kigsley, Esquie
Strley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP
2600 One Commerce- Square

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7098 Attorneys for Thd-Par De fendant Company Federal

Ince

By:

Paul A. logan

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