Commonwealth v. Harambee, Inc.

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

The Department of Public Welfare (DPW) appeals from an award of the Board of Arbitration of Claims (Board) in favor of Harambee, Inc. (Harambee), a Maryland corporation, relating to a contract between DPW and Harambee, the “legality” of which is disputed by DPW.

Mismanagement or disregard of the law on the part of responsible Commonwealth officials cast the destiny of this disputed contract from its very inception. These departures have thus produced the anomalous but not necessarily legally unsound position asserted by the Commonwealth that it should not be…