Legal Opinion
Schiavone Construction Co. v. County of Nassau
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 20, 1983No. Nos. 1448, 1449 and 1451, Dockets 88-7024, 83-7110 and 83-7112PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
This litigation arises out of the failure of a sewerage pipeline constructed by a joint venture, Schiavone Construction Co. and its wholly owned subsidiary Edward B. Fitzpatrick, Jr. Associates, Inc. (Schiavone) under a contract awarded in 1971 by the County of Nassau. The pipeline ran from a waste treatment plant in Wantagh, Long Island to a point in the Atlantic Ocean four miles offshore. It was designed for the County by Consoer, Townsend & Associates, Inc. (Consoer), a Chicago engineering firm. Gibson & Cushman Dredging Corp. (Gibson), a subcontractor, did…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Schiavone Construction Company, Inc., and Edward B. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Associates, Inc., a Joint Venture, Cross-Appellants v. County of Nassau and Gibson & Cushman Dredging Corp., County of Nassau, Cross-Appellee, Gibson & Cushman Dredging Corp., County of Nassau, and Third-Party Cross-Appellee v. Consoer, Townsend & Associates, Third-Party and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983