New York Court Holds That Parent of Dissolved Subcontractor May Not Sue Prime Contractor or Surety Absent Formal Merger or Prime Contractor’s Assent to Substitution

By Constructlaw on March 13, 2001

A. Servidone, Inc. v. Bridge Technologies, LLC,
2001 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 1407 (N.Y. App. Div. Feb. 8, 2001)
Servidone contracted with the State Department of Transportation to build three bridges. Pursuant to that contract, Servidone subcontracted with Bridge Technologies, Inc., for installation of the superstructures of two of the bridges. During the performance of the subcontract work, Bridge Technologies, Inc. was dissolved, and its parent corporation, Bridge Technologies Ltd. continued the performance of the subcontract. Servidone, however, was not notified of the dissolution.

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New York Court Holds That Parent of Dissolved Subcontractor May Not Sue Prime Contractor or Surety Absent Formal Merger or Prime Contractor’s Assent to Substitution

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