DYNCORP International, an American company hired by U.S. government to train the new Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL), has denied US$2m damages claims filed against it at the Civil Law Court at the Temple of Justice by the Dean and Associates Law Offices on behalf of La Pointe, a Liberian-owned company.

On May 29, 2007, the law offices of Dean and Associates filed a legal suit against DYNCORP International for what the firm considered Non-transparent, unfair, dishonest and bad business practice in the country.

The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of La Pointe at the Civil Law Court, accordingly seeks damages for wrong allegedly committed by DYNCORP International.

According to Dean & Associates, DYNCORP allegedly cancelled the certificate award obtained by La Pointe, Inc. after it won a bid for the feeding of 500 AFL soldiers currently undergoing training the Voice Of America facilities in Careysburg, outside Monrovia.

La Pointe, Inc. through its lawyers, led by Cllr. Frank Musa Dean of the Dean and Associates Law Offices, is seeking US$75,000 in special damages and US$2 million in General Damages for what it considered embarrassment and injury to its business reputation.

But the Defendant (DYNCORP), through its legal counsel, the Dugbor Law Firm in Monrovia, answered that the complaint filed against it is untrue, resisting that all of the arguments contained in count one to twenty four of the plaintiff’s (La Pointe), complaint should be denied by the court.

In its (DYNCORP’s), answer to Civil Law Court Judge, Emery S. Paye after a writ of summons, which the defendant to appear on 8th June, 2007 DYNCORP denied all and singular the allegations brought against it by Le Pointe.

The Defendant then prayed that the Civil Law Court should deny, dismiss and set aside plaintiff’s complaint and grant her relief.

In a letter dated December 12, 2006 and addressed to La Pointe Inc., DYNCORP cancelled the agreement reached with La Pointe, stating that “The requirements for the food service contract with VOA has been cancelled, thus making all efforts to fulfill previous pre-award documentation null and void”.

The letter then extended an apology to La Pointe, saying, “We apologize for the delay in the decision making process and any inconveniences that may arise”.