South Mall Constructors v. State

— Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Murray, J.), entered August 6, 1982, which denied the State’s motion for summary judgment on the twentieth cause of action of the claim. In August, 1969, claimant South Mall Constructors, a joint venture composed of four construction companies, entered into an agreement with the State of New York to construct the superstructure of the library and museum building in the Albany South Mall Project, now the Empire State Plaza. The contract provided for construction to begin not later than July 1, 1970 and to be completed by April 1, 1973. Claimant…