KPS & Associates, Inc. v. Designs by FMC, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that a “sum certain” case is one in which “there is no doubt as to the amount to which a plaintiff is entitled”
• noting that sum-certain scenarios “include actions on money judgments, negotiable instruments, or similar actions where the damages sought can be determined without resort to extrinsic proof’
• rejecting finding of sum certain in part because of “internally inconsistent” damage claims between complaint and supporting affidavit
• “In limited circumstances we have permitted district courts to dispense with a Rule 55(b)(2) hearing, even in the face of apparently unliquidated claims.” (citation omitted)
• “[A] district court can enter a final judgment without requiring further proof of damages only in limited situations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).