Following a two-week arbitration hearing, Littleton Park’s Robert Joyce and Eric Goldberg secured a victory for a subcontractor client in its breach of contract action against the prime contractor on a major project to rehabilitate one of the New York City subway system’s transit lines. The dispute arose out of the prime contractor’s refusal to pay the subcontractor for its work developing customized software for the MTA’s Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) system. Littleton Park filed an action against the prime contractor with the American Arbitration Association under its Construction Industry Arbitration Rules. Following extensive paper discovery, multiple depositions, and vigorous motion practice, the parties participated in a two-week hearing before a single arbitrator. The arbitrator issued a detailed award in favor of Littleton Park’s client, which recovered a seven-figure sum during the course of the arbitration.
