Judge tosses East Valley Institute of Technology suit over medical center

A judge last week dismissed East Valley Institute of Technology’s lawsuit to void a lease with a medical provider on its 65-acre Main Campus.

The state-funded vocational education facility earlier this year sued Mesa Medical and Adelante Healthcare, claiming “a rouge and likely illegal land lease” that puts taxpayers at risk of potentially losing “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in lost revenue.

Mesa Medical and Adelante asked for the dismissal.

“The EVIT Governing Board will decide whether to appeal the judge’s ruling, which was based on what the court considered statute of limitation issues,” EVIT said in a release.

“EVIT’s attorneys believe there is a reasonable path to an appeal as the legality of the lease, which is still active, is at the center of the dispute as opposed to a