GriggsCntyCthseCooperstown (CSi) A December 2016 Jury Trial has been set in a civil lawsuit between Griggs County and the Griggs County Building Authority.

TufteJerod1Southeast District Judge Jerod Tufte set the trial dates of December 12-21, 2016.

Tufte’s order requires attorneys for both parties to make at least one attempt to mediate their issues, and if it fails, the case will go to trial.

The dispute is over the financial responsibility of an unfinished $3.5 million courthouse construction project.

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 in a civil suit field in September of 2015 claims breach of contract, alleging the building authority has failed and refused to complete the courthouse facility.

Griggs 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.