Meadow Valley Contractors, Inc. v. State Department of Transportation

Justice NEHRING,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

11 This appeal comes to us following a bench trial in a breach of contract action. The trial court concluded that the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) breached its contract with Meadow Valley Contractors (MVC) when UDOT's project engineer told MVC and its subcontractor, Southwest Asphalt Paving (Southwest), that they could not use "ribbon paving" on portions of an Interstate 215 freeway construction project (the 1-215 Project). The trial court reasoned that the contract permitted ribbon paving, that MVC suffered damages from not being…