Wayne J. Griffin Elec. v. Dunn Const.

On May 10, 1990, Dunn Construction Company, Inc., as general contractor, entered into a contract with the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority ("the Authority") for construction of the Authority's East Complex project. Thereafter, Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc., Guin Company, Inc., and Steel City Erection Company, Inc., entered into separate subcontracts with Dunn for work to be performed on the project. After substantially completing the project, each subcontractor submitted to Dunn a one-page release; the language in each release was identical and the release provided, in part, as…