Commonwealth v. Trumbull Corp.

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

PennDOT entered into a contract with the Trumbull Corporation on September 29, 1980 for the resurfacing of a section of Traffic Route 51 in Allegheny County. The contract involved an estimated amount of base repair and replacement. When PennDOT employees marked the areas where Trumbull was to perform base repair, the quantity marked was much less than the quantity estimatéd in the contract. Because Trumbull was paid on the basis of unit costs, its compensation under the contract was reduced by $1,670,423.30. Trumbull asked PennDOT to make an adjustment in the contract…