Lawsuit drags on three years after structural failure at downtown library site
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
The new 48,316-square-foot River Center Branch Library overlooks North Boulevard Town Square in downtown Baton Rouge. The four-story structure has dedicated spaces for children, teens and adults. (Tim Mueller)
This month marks three years since a structural failure caused by a faulty weld shut down construction on the since-completed downtown library, and it’s now nearly two-and-a-half years since the city-parish filed suit over the problem in 19th Judicial District Court.
But the case shows no signs of wrapping up any time soon. According to a scheduling order issued by 19th Judicial District Court Judge William Morvant, parties in the case have until April 15, 2022 one year from now to complete all discovery, and a pretrial conference has been set for June 21, 2022.