Sloan v. Department of Transportation

Appellant, Edward D. Sloan, Jr., filed a declaratory judgment action challenging respondents’1 decision to authorize an *164emergency procurement on a construction project in Charleston County. This is a direct appeal from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the DOT.'2 We reverse and remand.

FACTS

In 2000, the DOT procured construction on Ladson Road in Charleston County from Eagle Construction Company (Eagle). The Ladson Road Project involved the widening of the road from two lanes to five lanes.

The DOT’s director of construction, Dan Shealy, testified at deposition that Eagle…