NELSE MORTENSEN v. GROUP HEALTH

No. 45149.

90 Wn.2d 843 (1978)

586 P.2d 469

NELSE MORTENSEN & CO., INC., ET AL, Petitioners, v. GROUP HEALTH COOPERATIVE OF PUGET SOUND, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oles, Morrison, Rinker, Stanislaw & Ashbaugh, Bruce T. Rinker, Richard M. Stanislaw, Short, Cressman & Cable, and David R. Koopmans, for petitioners.

Houghton, Cluck, Coughlin & Riley, John W. Riley, Jack R. Cluck, William N. Mathias III, and Jay V. White, for respondent.

Herman S. Siqueland and Patrick A. Sullivan on behalf of Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., Slade Gorton, Attorney General, William G. Boland, Assistant, Parker Williams, and Douglas F. Graham, amici curiae.


DOLLIVER, J.

Plaintiffs, prime and subcontractors, brought this action to recover damages caused by delays in the remodeling of and adding to the Group Health Hospital in Seattle. The trial court awarded plaintiffs damages of $614,782.77. The case was appealed to the Court of Appeals, and that court reversed. Nelse Mortensen & Co. v. Group Health Cooperative, 17 Wn.App. 703, 566 P.2d 560

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