Seater Construction Co. v. Rawson Plumbing, Inc.

¶ 1. Rawson Plumbing, Inc., appeals from a judgment of the trial court in favor of Seater Construction Co., Inc. Seater, a general contractor, brought an action against Rawson, a subcontractor, pursuant to the doctrine of promissory-estoppel. Seater alleged that Rawson submitted a subcontractor bid to do the plumbing work on a construction project that Seater relied upon in submitting its general contractor's bid. Seater was awarded the construction contract, after which, it alleged, Raw-son refused to honor its subcontractor bid. After a trial to the court on the grounds of promissory…