Nevada County Settles With Contractors for $1.85 Million

LAS VEGAS - Officials from Nye County, Nev., have agreed to settlements totaling $1.85 million from contractors it blamed for persistent mold problems in the county justice complex. County of Nye v. Modern Controls & Refrigeration, et al., No. 02-A-448475 (Nev. Dist., Clark Cty.).

At issue were mold problems in the Nye County Justice Complex, which opened in July 1999 in Pahrump, Nev. The building housed the district and justice of the peace courts, the county sheriff's department, a 911 communications center and county offices.

Employees began complaining of odors a month after the complex opened. Those initial odor …