M.J. Lee Construction Co. v. Oklahoma Transportation Authority

¶ 1 The district court certified, for immediate appeal, an interlocutory order construing the Oklahoma Transportation Authority’s 1999 Standard Specifications for Turnpike Construction. The specifications are part of a contract between the Oklahoma Transportation Authority,1 defendant/respondent (Authority), and a highway construction contractor, M.J. Lee Construction Company, plaintifiypetitioner (M.J.Lee). Two questions are presented; 1) Do the specifications limit the damages a contractor may recover in the district court to the amount the contractor claimed before the Authority? and 2) Do…