Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 | 4:52 p.m.
CARSON CITY – The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that Boulder City does not have to pay a $50,000 judgment to a contractor that claimed the city “blackballed” it from getting contracts.
The court ruled the city enjoyed discretionary immunity from the suit filed by Boulder Excavating Inc., a licensed general contractor.
Boulder City claimed that the company, in previous contracts, failed to complete the work and demanded additional money.
The city sought bids for a multimillion dollar contact for Veteran’s Memorial Park. And McComb Construction submitted the low bid. But one of its subcontractors was BEI.
Scott Hansen, the engineer for Boulder City, asked McComb to get rid of BEI. And McComb complied.
BEI filed suit against both Hansen and the city. A district judge ruled that Hansen enjoyed immunity. But the case continued against Boulder City and District Judge Valerie Adair awarded BEI $50,000.
The Supreme Court said today that the judge properly found Hansen immune from liability. And Justice Bill Maupin, who wrote the unanimous decision, said the city also should also have been declared immune from liability and money damages.
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