Borough of Wilkinsburg v. Trumbull-Denton Joint Venture

MONTGOMERY, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment in the amount of $75,276.60 for breach of a contract provision requiring Trumbull-Denton Joint Venture (Trumbull) to obtain insurance covering the Borough of Wilkinsburg. We affirm.

In early 1981, Trumbull was selected by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as the general contractor for rehabilitation of 1-376. To discharge its responsibility for handling traffic affected by the contract work, Trumbull entered into an agreement with Wilkinsburg to use off-duty borough police officers to regulate traffic which was rerouted through…