Officials will try to recoup money in Midwest City

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Officials will try to recoup money in Midwest City

MOLD Remediation cost ABOUT $1 million

The Oklahoman*

BY ANN KELLEY

Published: October 16, 2008

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MIDWEST CITY — City officials plan to take legal action to recoup $1

million spent for mold remediation at the city-owned Sheraton Hotel.

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Council members Tuesday authorized City Manager Guy Henson to hire

Oklahoma City law firm Whitten, Burrage, Priest, Fulmer, &

Eisel to take action against " those parties responsible for the

hotel's construction. "

City Attorney Boles said it hasn't been determined who

would be named as defendants in a potential lawsuit, but it likely

will include contractors who worked on the project.

The $16 million hotel at 5800 Will Road opened in Feb. 2006

to complement the city's Conference Center. The 152-room hotel

is managed by the De Palma Hotel Corp. of Arlington, Texas.

American International Group Inc., the hotel's insurance carrier,

declined to pay the claim, leaving the city to shoulder the cost of

the repairs, Boles said.