BUFFALO, NY-- Taxpayers will have to help pay to defend a lawsuit brought by Kaleida Health.
Kaleida missed the deadline to keep the nurses contract with Buffalo City Schools, so another company got that lucrative contract.
Now, Kaleida is suing. The lawsuit claims even though the health system handed in the hard copy of its proposal 16 minutes after the deadline, it still should have been considered. Kaleida calls the school district's refusal "arbitrary and capricious."
In response to the lawsuit, Nathaniel Kuzma, general counsel for Buffalo schools, said, "Certainly the district is confident in its decision and that it was based on the law and consistent and clear district policy."
The document asks the court to direct the Buffalo City School District to rescind the contract award, re-open the RFP process, and consider Kaleida Health's Proposal on its merits.
2 On Your Side approached Michael Hughes, Spokesman for Kaleida Health, about an interview concerning the lawsuit. Hughes replied by e-mail, "We cannot comment any further because the matter is being litigated."
Both sides will be in court in late October.
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