Gratech Co. v. North Dakota Department of Transportation

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Gratech Company, Ltd. appeals from a judgment dismissing its application to vacate the decision of the arbitration panel in Gratech’s arbitration action against the North Dakota Department of Transportation (“DOT”). We affirm, concluding the arbitration panel did not err in concluding that Gratech’s failure to file a written notice of claim precluded arbitration of all but one of Gratech’s claims against DOT.

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[¶ 2] In the fall of 1998, DOT awarded two separate road construction contracts to Flickertail Paving and Supply, LLC (“Flickertail”) to tear out, regrade, and…