Hernando County got off easy when a jury levied just $74,000 in penalties after finding discrimination in a 2009 land-use decision. But the county was not so lucky in the matter of paying the other side's costs.
Last month, the county reached an agreement to pay $425,000 in attorneys fees, expert witness fees and other costs over the federal lawsuit that Toucan Partners and Narconon brought against the county over denying an expansion in an existing drug rehabilitation center.
Narconon is a drug rehabilitation program based on the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, and is financially supported by Scientologists.
Also, the case is not yet finished.
A mediation over a potential appeal is scheduled for later this month, according to Cristi Charlow, the county's risk manager.
The fees the county owes will be paid by Travelers Insurance, the county's carrier.
County must pay in case against Scientology-affiliated rehab | WORLD CULT WATCH
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