Ragan Enterprises, Inc. v. L & B Construction Co.

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

In Ragan Enterprises v. L & B Constr. Co., 221 Ga. App. 543 (472 SE2d 88) we reversed the grant of summary judgment to L & B Construction Company, holding that the subcontract between general contractor L & B and subcontractor Ragan Enterprises did not bar Ragan’s recovery of damages for a two-year delay because exculpatory clauses must be clearly and unambiguously stated and “ ‘ “must be specific in what they purport to cover.” ’ ” Id. The Supreme Court determined the clause in the subcontract in this case was “specific” enough to exculpate the contractor of damages…