Legal Opinion

Sayer v. Minnesota Department of Transportation

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided October 28, 2010No. Nos. A08-1584, A08-1994PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

On August 1, 2007, the Interstate 35W (I-35W) highway bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed killing 13 people , and injuring many others. To replace the bridge, one of the most heavily traveled in the state, respondent Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) elected to use the relatively new design-build best-value bidding process to choose the new bridge’s design and con*154tractor. See Minn.Stat. §§ 161.3410-.3428 (2008). Respondent Flatiron-Manson was declared the winning bidder and its proposal to rebuild the bridge was accepted. Appellants…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Art Goebel, Inc. v. North Suburban Agencies, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
  2. Anderson v. KammeierSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
  3. Carl Bolander & Sons Inc. v. United Stockyards Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
  4. Griswold v. County of RamseySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
  5. Coller v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1947

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Rochester City Lines, Co. v. City of Rochester, First Transit, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2015
  2. Rochester City Lines, Co. v. City of RochesterCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014
  3. Dirk Fisher v. State of Minnesota, Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2015
  4. Engineering & Construction Innovations, Inc. v. Bradshaw Construction Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 2025
  5. Michaels Stores, Inc. v. Sun Life Assurance Company of CanadaDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 2019

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