Commissioners Approve Legal Representation for Five County Employees

Posted

The Board of Lewis County Commissioners on Monday approved indemnification services for five Lewis County employees who have been named in two separate cases as defendants related to a hit and run case and a U.S. District Court case filed by Danny Wing, who was convicted in the death of a 3-year-old boy. 

First, the commissioners approved J. David Fine to represent three Lewis County employees in a lawsuit that names all three as defendants and accuses them of malicious prosecution regarding a 2014 hit and run case.

Lewis County Prosecutor Jonathan Meyer, former county employee who was the deputy prosecutor at the time Luke Stanton and deputy Jeremy Almond with the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office all requested defense and indemnification. 

The suit was filed Dec. 29, 2017, by Dasheill Paine. He denies he damaged a fence in a December 2013 incident when he slid off snow-covered asphalt on Zenkner Valley Road. Paine left the scene to call a tow truck, but his vehicle was impounded by Lewis County before he made the arrangements. When Paine went to claim his vehicle from the impound lot, Almond reportedly went to his home, found his 9-year-old son alone and called Child Protective Services, which did not file a charge in the matter.

Paine stated the situation caused “a great deal of emotional distress.” 



Paine was found not guilty after a bench trial in August 2014 for the hit and run.

His suit alleges malicious prosecution. Paine has asked for damages to be determined at trial. A response from the prosecutor’s office denies Paine’s allegations and argues that Paine’s attorney did not follow court rules regarding witnesses’ testimony.

Commissioners also approved Law, Lyman, Daniel, Kamerrer and Bogdanovich, P.S., to represent county employees Jamey McGinty and Ramona Romine in United States District Court. Both requested indemnification. 

McGinty and Romine, both Lewis County employees, are named in a lawsuit filed by Danny Wing, who was convicted in the death of 3-year-old Jasper Henderling-Warner. Court documents accuse the defendants of listening in on privileged phone calls between Wing and his attorney while he was in the Lewis County Jail in 2014.