Opinion ID: 2453646
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Leaving the job site on October 25, 2006

Text: The superior court found that the Tew left the job site with the understanding that the job was complete, except for a few minor fixes. Derr argues that Tew breached the contract when he left the job site on October 25, 2006 because the roads were not approved by the Borough. Tew told Derr he completed the project and was preparing to leave the job site. Whaley, who was Derr's eyes and ears on the job site, believed the job was substantially completed when Tew left. Derr never indicated to Tew that the job was incomplete or insufficient before Tew left the job site. When Tew left the job site he believed he had completed the project. Derr did not request a Borough inspection before Tew left the job site. Derr, not Tew, was in a position to request approval from the Borough; but Derr did not request a formal inspection until March 2007, five months after Tew left the job site. The inspection resulted in a report indicating that only minor items needed to be addressed. A second inspection was conducted in July 2007, resulting in a punch list indicating only a few minor items required correction. Neither the reports nor the punch list was provided to Tew. The evidence supports the superior court's conclusion that Tew had substantially completed the contract when he left in October 2006.