Commonwealth v. L & L Boiler Maintenance, Inc.

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Here the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare’s Laurelton Center (Laurelton) appeals from an adjudication and order of the Board of Arbitration and Claims (board) which awarded to respondent contractor, L & L Boiler Maintenance, Inc., the full contract payment, plus interest, as provided under an agreement which obligated the contractor to install a steam line at Laurelton Center.

The excavation for the new steam line necessarily exposed an existing water line between two cottages at the Center. In frigid weather, that water line froze on January 15,1975, but thawed…