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Government

Jan. 30, 2010

MTA and Builder Still Fighting, After 15 years and $32 Million in Fees

What price victory? That's the focus of a 15-year-old case pitting the Metropolitan Transportation Agency against an engineering contractor. The MTA has spent $32 million litigating the case even though alleged losses totaled $10 million.

By Gabe Friedman

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - What price victory?

That eternal question has become the central focus in a 15-year-old case over billing disputes related to subway construction pitting the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Agency against one of its primary contractors over the years, engineering and construction giant Tutor-Saliba-Perini.

As of two months ago, according to...

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