Lippert Brick Contracting v. State

OPINION

Montana, C.J.

The Claimant, Lippert Brick Contracting, brought this claim seeking $24,332.69 in damages incurred due to delays Claimant encountered in the performance of two construction contracts with the Respondent’s Capital Development Board (hereinafter referred to as the CDB). The case was tried over many months by the Commissioner assigned to the case. The cause was consolidated for trial purposes only with claims by Guarantee Electrical Company, Lowry Electric Company, and K & S Associates, Inc.

In July and August of 1978, the CDB awarded two masonry contracts to Lippert Brick, a…