Guarantee Electrical Co. v. State

OPINION

Montana, C.J.

The Claimant, Guarantee Electrical Company, brought this claim seeking $457,933.28 in damages incurred due to delays and other problems encountered in the performance of a construction contract with the Respondent’s Capital Development Board (hereinafter referred to as the “CDB”). The case was tried over many months by the commissioner assigned to the case. The cause was consolidated for trial purposes only with claims by Lippert Brick Contracting, Lowry Electrical Company, and K & S Associates, Inc.

On August 1,1978, .the CDB entered into a contract with Claimant in which…