RACINE – Public records show the city of Racine owes a Milwaukee law firm nearly $3 million for taking on three court cases, although most of the cost will be covered by the city’s insurance, The (Racine) Journal Times reported.
Most recently, the law firm Meissner, Tierney, Fisher
The biggest bill was for $2.725 million to defend Racine in a lawsuit that alleged the city had conspired to remove liquor licenses issued to minority bar owners.
An insurance policy with Cities and Villages Municipal Insurance Co.,
which carried a $100,000 deductible in the matter, allowed Racine to avoid the vast majority of those costs. The mounting legal costs required the city had to pay CVMIC an additional $75,000 in 2015.
