Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library v. Charlier Clark & Linard, P.C.

OPINION

BAKER, Chief Judge.

We once again turn the page and delve into another chapter of the saga surrounding the renovation and expansion of the Central Library Project in Indianapolis. Perhaps our discussion below may best be summarized as follows:

When only economic harm is involved, the question becomes " 'whether the consuming public as a whole should bear the cost of economic losses sustained by those who failed to bargain for adequate contract remedies. "[1]

And, as New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Benjamin Cardozo recognized:

If liability for negligence exists, a thoughtless slip or…