Case Name: Melwood Construction Corp., Appellant, v. State of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1986-04-21
Citations: 119 A.D.2d 734
Docket Number: Claim No. 63926
Parties: Melwood Construction Corp., Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 734–734

Head Matter:
Melwood Construction Corp., Appellant, v State of New York, Respondent.
(Claim No. 63926.)

Opinion:
— In a claim to recover damages for breach of contract, the claimant appeals from a judgment of the Court of Claims, dated November 16, 1984, which dismissed the claim.
Judgment affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the decision and supplemental decision of Judge Weisberg of the Court of Claims.
In addition, contrary to the claimant's contentions on this appeal, the record does not support a finding that actions of the Department of Transportation contributed to construction delays, thereby abrogating the contract's liquidated damage provision (see, Babylon Assoc. v County of Suffolk, 101 AD2d 207, 217). Nor does the record support the claimant's contention that the Department of Transportation fraudulently misrepresented to claimant that the construction project could be completed within one year when one year was an unreasonably short period (see, Albert Saggese, Inc. v Town of Hempstead, 100 AD2d 885, mod on other grounds 64 NY2d 908). Niehoff, J. P., Lawrence, Kunzeman and Kooper, JJ., concur.