CONTRACTOR COULD NOT RESERVE CLAIM WHILE ACCEPTING FINAL PAYMENT
publication date: Jan 2, 2010
When accepting final payment, a contractor, under the terms of the construction contract, waived and released a pre-existing claim. The contractor’s effort to reserve its claim rights was an impermissible attempt to unilaterally alter the terms of the contract.
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