Legal Opinion
Shea-S&m Ball, a Joint Venture v. Massman-Kiewit-Early, a Joint Venture
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 6, 1979No. 78-1102PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This appeal is from a December 2, 1977, district court judgment after a non-jury trial, awarding plaintiff, Shea-S&M Ball (Shea), $14,000.00 in damages. Shea commenced this action sounding in contract and tort against Massman-Kiewit-Early (MKE) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) as a result of recurrent overflows of water from MKE’s construction site onto Shea’s. 1
The trial court found that MKE was obligated under §§ 3.4 and 3.6.9 2 of its contract with WMATA to control groundwater within its area and to prevent the…
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