Legal Opinion
Murdock & Sons Construction, Inc. v. Goheen General Construction, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 17, 2006No. 05-3036PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Murdock & Sons Construction, Inc. (“Murdock”) was the subcontractor in a construction contract. Murdock was to perform all of the masonry work for a maximum security prison for the State of Indiana (the “State”). Unfortunately for Murdock, its union masons did not work nearly as fast as was projected in the original bid, for reasons that were never determined. This resulted in serious delays and cost overruns; however, the State was unwilling to provide Murdock with an extension of time in which to complete the project. Murdock eventually walked off the job and filed the…
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