Byron's Construction Co. v. North Dakota State Highway Department

GIERKE, Justice.

Byron’s Construction Company (Byron’s) appealed from a district court judgment affirming the decision of a three-person arbitration panel denying all claims of Byron’s against the North Dakota State Highway Department (Highway Department). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.

Byron’s entered into a contract with the Highway Department on November 14, 1985, to reconstruct about twelve miles of State Highway No. 3 north of Rugby. Byron’s started the project during the Spring of 1986 and completed it on September 11, 1987, at which time the…