Bangor Water District v. Malcolm Pirnie Engineers

CLIFFORD, Justice.

The plaintiff, Bangor Water District (hereinafter the “District”), appeals from judgments in the Superior Court, Penob-scot County, dismissing its actions, based on various theories of recovery, against the defendants, Malcolm Pirnie Engineers (hereinafter “Pirnie”) and H.B. Fleming, Inc. (hereinafter “Fleming”). Pirnie is a New York City engineering firm; Fleming is a Maine construction firm.

The facts of this case are as follows. In 1957, the District developed plans to replace the outmoded water system serving the greater Bangor area at that time. The District planned to…