Sarasota County named in $1M contract lawsuit

Manatee County-based Benderson Development, for the second time in five months, faces a lawsuit in a $1 million dispute over contract terms and payments in the construction of a Sarasota County park and rowing facility.

Sarasota County is also a defendant in the lawsuit.

Kansas City-based Dredge America, in court documents, alleges it was never paid for more than $529,000 of work it did in 2012 and 2013 at Nathan Benderson Park. The firm also seeks an additional $500,000 from delays and costs it incurred from concealed rock in the lakebed of the rowing park, according to the complaint.