State sues Courtney Benn, CARICOM General Insurance for $359m over Linden Technical Institute dorms

The dormitories under construction in 2019 (Department of Public Information photo)

The Government of Guyana has sued Courtney Benn Contracting Services Ltd and CARICOM General Insurance Company Inc for a total of just over $359m pertaining to the incomplete Linden Technical Institute (LTI) dormitories.

The action lodged last week comes just a month after the same two parties were sued in relation to the St Rose’s High School project.

In the statement of claim filed by Attorney General Anil Nandlall, the state is seeking general damages in excess of $100m against Courtney Benn for alleged breach of contract executed on July 3rd, 2017 for the construction of the LTI dormitories.