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- Title: Harlan B. Jensen v. Bartlett R. Westberg
- Author : Court of Appeals of Idaho
- Release Date : January 01, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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We are asked to determine the meaning of an agreement by which a building contractor and a group of investors purportedly allocated their liabilities for cost overruns in a construction project. The project, located on property owned by Minidoka Associates, was financed by the Idaho Housing Agency (IHA). For reasons not germane to this appeal, the contractor, Harlan Jensen, incurred substantial costs beyond the bid price of the project. Most of these extra costs ultimately were disapproved by IHA. Nevertheless, Jensen claimed that the costs were legitimate and he sued the investors, Bartlett Westberg, Barton Bailey and Thomas Dobrusky, seeking contribution. The investors answered, in essence, that they should bear no liability for those overruns which were disapproved by IHA. The district court disagreed and entered summary judgment for the contractor. This appeal followed. For reasons explained below, we vacate the judgment.