Strollo Architects suing Youngstown Diocese for breach of contract

YOUNGSTOWN

An architectural firm has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, saying the firm was improperly denied payment for its design services for a new Cardinal Mooney High School building, which was never built.

Strollo Architects Inc. sued the diocese, the school, and Bishop George Murry in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for more than $175,000.

Strollo said the firm never offered or promised to donate its labor to design a new $25 million high-school building to be built near Western Reserve Road, nor did the bishop, diocese or school board ask it to do so.

Read more about the situation in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.