Turner Construction Co. v. First Indemnity of America Insurance

MEMORANDUM

DALZELL, District Judge.

This non-jury action arises out of difficulties encountered in the construction of a large atrium space frame built on the east side of Mellon Bank Center, a fifty-five story office building plaintiff Turner Construction Company erected at 1735 Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Turner contracted with a French-owned entity, Space U.S.A., Inc., doing business as IBG International (“IBG”), to build the space frame to the specifications of the project’s architect, Kohn, Pederson, Fox Associates, P.C. (“KPF”). When in September of 1990 it became apparent…