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ND – (NewsDakota.com) A jury trial has been scheduled for December in a civil lawsuit between Griggs County and the Griggs County Building Authority over the financial responsibility of an unfinished .5 million courthouse construction project.
Southeast District Judge Jerod Tufte set a trial date of December 12-21 however Tufte’s order requires attorneys for both parties to make at least one attempt to mediate their issues. If mediation fails the case will go to trial.
The dispute centers on who is responsible for failure to complete construction of the $2.2 million portion of the $3.5 million Griggs County Courthouse construction project.
Griggs County filed a civil suit in September of 2015 claiming breach of contract, alleging the building authority has failed and refused to complete the courthouse facility.
The county is seeking a judgement of nearly $300,000, the amount it has paid to the building authority in lease payments since 2013, plus additional legal fees.
The building authority filed a counter suit disputing it had sole responsibility for failure of the project, contending the county failed in certain obligations to bring the courthouse project to completion and that the county wrongfully interfered with the building authority’s efforts to complete the project.
Story courtesy of Kevin Bonham, Grand Forks Herald.
