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Supreme Court favors PSS
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Posted on Apr 30 1999
The Supreme Court affirms the trial court’s decision to dismiss the complaint filed by a construction company against the Public School System.
The former contractor of PSS project, IGI, alleged that PSS officials did not honor the contract and cited extortion and conspiracy.
It alleged that project supervisor attempted to extort a pay-off and former Commissioner of Education William Torres conspired by allowing another contractor to complete the project.
In its analysis of the case, the high court found that IGI failed to present facts to support their allegations.
The Supreme Court found no basis for the facts presented and from the excerpt of records to support IGI’s claims and thus affirmed the earlier decision to dismiss the case.
As cited by the trial court, there is no written law in the CNMI which generally recognized tort of attempted extortion and conspiracy.
In addition, the common law, which is applied in the United States, does not provide relief of a tort or on attempted extortion or conspiracy.
In 1997, the company entered into a construction contract with PSS to build five classrooms and toilet facilities at Koblerville Elementary School. Its contract was secured through a bond issued by JTS. When IGI was removed from the project, JTS arranged for another contractor to complete the project. Sheila D. Amor
