Tommy L. Griffin Plumbing & Heating Co. v. Jordan, Jones & Goulding, Inc.

Toal, Justice:

Tommy Griffin Plumbing & Heating Co. (“Griffin”) appeals the circuit court’s granting Jordan, Jones & Goulding’s (“Engineer”) motion for summary judgment. We affirm in part, reverse in part and remand to the circuit court.

PACTS

Griffin was the low bidder on the construction of a water trunk for the County of Charleston. Engineer was the design engineer and supervised the project for the County.

The bid required Griffin to hold the bid price for 60 days to finalize the contract between the County and Griffin. During that time, County discovered that a portion of the project would…