W v. Pangborne & Co., Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. New Jersey Department of Transportation, Defendant-Respondent

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the Contractual Liability Act’s statute of limitations begins when the public contract is completed—defined as acceptance of the work and issuance of final or conditional final payment—not when administrative claim review is finished, and therefore the State could not assert the limitations defense. The Court also rejected the contractor’s equitable estoppel argument.