Arguments before the state Supreme Court in Harrisburg last week in a case over bad-faith penalties for government agencies that fail to pay contractors narrowed in on the legislature’s intention in saying a court “may” enter an order for such penalties.
The justices, in their final argument session with Justice Correale F. Stevens, focused on whether the General Assembly intended for the word to make statutory penalties and attorney fees mandatory or discretionary in instances of bad faith.
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