CEDRONI ASSOCIATES v. TOMBLINSON, HARBURN ASSO.

Docket No. 142339.

821 N.W.2d 1 (2012)

492 Mich. 40

CEDRONI ASSOCIATES, INC. v. TOMBLINSON, HARBURN ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS, INC.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 27, 2012.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McAlpine & Associates, P.C., Auburn Hills (by Mark L. McAlpine and Ryan W. Jezdimir ), for plaintiff.

Sullivan, Ward, Asher & Patton, P.C., Southfield (by Ronald S. Lederman and Kevin J. Gleeson ) for defendant.

Fredrick F. Butters, PLLC, Southfield (by Frederick F. Butters ), for the American institute of Architects-Michigan.


MARKMAN, J.

The issue here is whether plaintiff, the disappointed lowest bidder on a public contract, had a valid business expectancy for the purpose of sustaining a claim of tortious interference with a business expectancy. The trial court held that plaintiff did not have such an expectancy, but a divided Court of Appeals panel held that a genuine issue of material fact exists in this regard. Because we agree with the trial court and the Court of Appeals dissent...

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