Legal Opinion
Morse/diesel, Inc. v. Trinity Industries, Inc. Mosher Steel Company, and Aetna Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 27, 1995No. 1860, 1791, Dockets 95-7063, 95-7069PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Major construction projects generate major construction litigation. Management of either is perilous.
Morse/Diesel, Inc., the general contractor for the construction of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Manhattan’s Times Square, sued the project’s structural steel subcontractor, Mosher Steel Company, a division of Trinity Industries, Inc. (collectively “Trinity”), and Trinity’s bonding company, Aetna Insurance Company, for damages arising from late performance on the subcontract. Trinity counterclaimed. After a lengthy jury trial in the United States District Court for the…
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