Foster-Lipkins Corp. v. State

Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Murray, J.), entered January 15, 1981, which, inter alia, denied the State’s motion for summary judgment and granted claimant’s cross motion to amend the claim. Claimant entered into a contract with the State of New York in August, 1966 for the general construction work on the Swan Street building as part of the South Mall project in Albany. During the fall of 1969, claimant entered into a subcontract for the masonry work on the Swan Street building. Meanwhile, during the course of construction, claimant merged into Penn York Construction…