Coats v. State Ex Rel. Department of Transportation

Plaintiff initiated this action for breach of contract against the State of Oregon, alleging that the state breached a road construction contract with plaintiff by withholding a $100,000 progress payment due on the contract, based on the state’s assertion that plaintiff was required to pay the prevailing wage rate provided by ORS 279.350 to employees working at a rock quarry approximately 8 to 10 miles from the road construction site. The state responded that, because plaintiff was required to pay prevailing wage rates to the workers at the rock quarry and failed to do so, it was entitled…