Hawken Northwest, Inc. v. State, Department of Administration

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Dale Young/Hawken Northwest, Inc., and ADEC, JV., (collectively, Hawken) appeal the Department of Administration's decision awarding Hawken $194,097.09 in damages for breach of contract against the State of Alaska. Hawken asserts that it is entitled to significantly greater damages because the two releases it signed were invalid as a result of economic duress; the construction specifications were ambiguous; the department breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing; and the department erroneously denied prejudgment interest. Because the…