AM. DREDGING CO. v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA


480 Pa. 177 (1978)

389 A.2d 568

AMERICAN DREDGING COMPANY, Appellee, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellant, v. The PARTNERSHIP OF MUESER, RUTLEDGE, WENTWORTH & JOHNSTON, and its partners Individually, William H. Mueser, Paul Wentworth, Philip C. Rutledge, Robert C. Johnston and S.V. DeSimone and the Ballinger Company, a partnership, and the Individual partners, Robert S. Ballinger, Jr., John Demoll and Louis Demoll v. EDWARD A. MAGUIRE, INC.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Truscott & Erisman, William L. Gaunt, Otis W. Erisman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Mark D. Alspach, Richard P. Brown, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellee, American Dredging.

Glenn C. Equi, Philadelphia, for appellee, Ballinger Co.

Daniel Mungall, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellee, Edw. A. Maguire, Inc.

James D. Wilder, Philadelphia, for appellees, Mueser, Rutledge, Wentworth & Johnston.

M. Carton Dittmann, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellee, Phila. Port Corp.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.


OPINION

MANDERINO, Justice.

In February 1972, American Dredging Company (American), the general contractor for the Tioga Marine Terminal Site Construction contract, brought suit on its behalf and on behalf of its subcontractor, Arundel Corporation (Arundel), against the City of Philadelphia (City). The suit claimed damages in excess of five million dollars for delays and other problems allegedly caused by the Philadelphia...

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