Coats-Sellers v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation

At issue in this case is whether plaintiff, a road construction contractor, is obligated to pay certain of its workers prevailing wages. The case is before us for the third time, and the procedural journey by which it arrives is a convoluted one. But, at bottom, the issue turns on whether the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) permissibly interpreted its own prevailing wage rule in reaching the conclusion that plaintiff is obligated to pay the workers prevailing wages. The trial court concluded that BOLI erred and granted summary judgment for plaintiff. We disagree with the trial court and…