Solomon v. Department of State Highways & Transportation

In August, 1972, plaintiff contracted with defendant for the construction of 4.17 miles of paving and six bridge structures on 1-196 in Allegan County. On December 4, 1972, plaintiff entered into a subcontract with Paveo, Inc., pursu ant to which Davco would construct the pavement portion of the contract. During the course of construction, Davco became insolvent and was unable to perform the contracted work. This event resulted in increases in cost and time delays in plaintiffs completion of the contract. Based upon the contract schedule, a 68-day delay occurred in having the project open for…