Jean A. McCoy & Sons, Inc. v. La Salle County

McCoy, Inc., entered into a contract with La Salle County, Illinois, to provide certain services necessary to the construction of a Criminal Justice Center. The contract provided that, in the event extra work not covered by the contract price was required, the contracting party could file a claim for extras and, if the claim was disallowed by the County, seek arbitration. The County refused to allow McCoy’s claim for extras and an arbitration was called. The County appeals from a reversal of the arbitrator’s award adverse to McCoy.

On April 4,1975, the arbitrator held a hearing on the matter.…