E.W. Tompkins Co. v. State

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (Corbett, Jr., J.), entered July 3, 2003, upon a decision of the court in favor of claimant.

At issue is an $185,000, plus interest, damage award to Tougher Industries, Inc., a subcontractor of claimant on a correctional facility construction project. Damages were awarded to Tougher, which had a liquidating agreement with claimant, as a result of defendant’s failure to properly coordinate the project. Defendant does not take issue with the substantive finding that it caused delays in this project; rather, on appeal, it claims that a contractual…