Collins Co., Inc. v. City of Decatur

The plaintiff, The Collins Company, Inc. ("Collins"), appeals from a judgment entered on a directed verdict on claims for negligence, breach of contract, fraud, and suppression, on behalf of the defendants, the City of Decatur ("City"), George Godwin, David L. Parks, and Paul B. Krebs Associates, Inc. ("Krebs"). This suit arises from events surrounding the construction of additions to the Dry Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Decatur, Alabama, and, in particular, from the application of the federal Davis-Bacon Act wage rates to that project.

I. The facts

Early in 1978, the City entered into…