Jury Selection Set in Civil Case Pitting Developer Against Riverside County

RIVERSIDE - Jury selection is slated to begin today in a civil trial to determine whether a Temecula real estate concern is owed millions of dollars by Riverside County for alleged breach of contract connected to an abandoned commercial development.

French Valley Business Center LLC filed a $67 million lawsuit over the county's alleged decision in 2009 to back out of a project that involved erecting a new 140,000-square-foot office complex for the district attorney's and public defender's offices.

The case will be tried in Orange County. Potential jurors are due this morning in the Santa Ana c...