XL Specialty Insurance v. Massachusetts Highway Department

Billings, Thomas P., J.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe the horse was lost; For want of a horse the battle was lost; For the failure of battle the kingdom was lost —-All for the want of a horse-shoe nail.1

Disregard of seemingly small details can have costly consequences. At issue in this case is whether, and in what amount, the plaintiff {“XL”), as surely and sub-rogee of general contractor Roads Corporation (“Roads”), may recover damages incurred as a result of a two-year delay in a roadway reconstruction and bridge replacement project at Winter Street, Waltham. The…