SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota legislator is facing a lawsuit filed by a man who claims he was never paid for working on the lawmaker’s possible campaign for Congress.
Jaedon Kroger says state Rep. Michael Saba owes him $12,000 for work on a campaign that never came to fruition. Saba considered challenging U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, but decided against it, in part due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In his lawsuit, Kroger said he and Saba agreed in January that Kroger would work as an independent contractor on Saba’s campaign for a salary of $4,875 per month from January to November, the Argus Leader reported. Kroger lists two witnesses to the agreement.
Saba said he isn’t liable for the claim because “no agreement was reached between the parties regarding services the plaintiff (Kroger) claims to have provided, and no contract exists.”
Saba requested and was granted the transfer of the case from small claims court to the regular civil docket for a jury trial. A status hearing is set for Aug. 31.
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