JOSEPH F. EGAN, INC. v. CITY OF NEW YORK


17 N.Y.2d 90 (1966)

Joseph F. Egan, Inc., Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Cantor and Max E. Greenberg for appellant.

Leo A. Larkin, Corporation Counsel (Morgan N. Lipton and Seymour B. Quel of counsel), for respondent.

Judges FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and BERGAN concur with Judge KEATING; Chief Judge DESMOND and Judge SCILEPPI concur in result in a separate memorandum.


KEATING, J.

In this contract action, the plaintiff seeks to recover the stipulated reasonable value of extra work performed on a construction job, and damages allegedly resulting from delays in the progress of the construction schedule due to the defendant's fault.

A judgment of the Supreme Court awarding the plaintiff $23,951.88 on the extra work claim, and $120,000 on the delay claim, after trial with...

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