High Steel Structures, Inc. v. Cardi Corporation v. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Department of Administration, Division of Purchases

OPINION

Justice Indeglia,

for the Court.

This matter comes before the Court on appeal from the Superior Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the State of Rhode Island (the state) in a third-party action for breach of contract brought by Cardi Corporation (Cardi) in response to a suit by High Steel Structures, Inc. (High Steel). At issue was Cardi’s contract with the state to construct a portion of a prodigious highway construction project dealing with Interstate 195 in Rhode Island (I-Way Project). Specifically, this case arises from Cardi’s subcontract with High Steel to supply steel…