No-Damage-for-Delay Clause Void under Miller Act

The federal Miller Act prohibits the prospective waiver of payment bond protection. Consequently, a no-damage-for-delay clause in a subcontract was unenforceable in a delay claim seeking the increased cost of labor furnished to the project.

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