Potter v. Hartzell Propeller, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a defendant “who cannot ascertain the amount of damages for which he might be held liable cannot be expected to tender payment and thereby stop the running of interest”
• finding damages not readily ascertainable where estimates ranged from $45,000 to $95,000
• no prejudgment interest where expert estimates of market value of an airplane varied; no objective standard for measuring market value
• “The question is not whether the parties argued on the amount of damages but whether defendant could have determined the amount of his potential liability____”
• fair market value is a standard by which a valuation is readily ascertainable
• no prefiling interest where range of $45,000 to $95,000

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).