Legal Opinion
Millgard Corporation v. McKee a Joint Venture, Dallas County and the Commissioners Court of Dallas County, Texas, Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 2, 1987No. 87-1140PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:. Millgard Corporation (“Millgard”) appeals from the dismissal of its complaints against McKee/Mays, a Joint Venture (“McKee/Mays”) and Dallas County. We reverse.
Dallas County contracted with McKee/Mays for the construction of the Lew Sterrett Justice Center in 1978, and McKee/Mays subsequently awarded Millgard the caisson foundations subcontract for the project. However, in June 1979, shortly after beginning work on the project, Millgard encountered subsurface conditions different from those previously reported by the project’s geotechnical engineers. According…
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