Court Opinion

ID: 9738732
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:01:40.270795+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:08.177701
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DUNN, Justice
(concurring in part, dissenting in part).
I would concur with the majority as to the findings on cost of rock excavation after August 1, 1974, and as to the issue of interest.
However, I would remand to the circuit court for a finding of whether the additional time taken to complete the project was reasonable in view of the rock excavation encountered in place of the classified excavation called for in the contract, and because of the ineptness and deception of the project engineer. If the additional time is found to be reasonable, no liquidated damages should be allowed. If the time taken was not reasonable, the formula of liquidated damages should be applied to the extra days over the reasonable time found by the trial court.
. I am authorized to state that Justice HENDERSON joins in this concurrence in part and dissent in part.