Powell v. N.C. Dept. of Transportation

How courts have described this case

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• holding contractor entitled to equitable adjustment upon showing a causal connection between reasonable costs claimed and the event giving rise to the claim
• noting that the reason why the total cost method is viewed with a “jaundiced eye” is “rooted in the desire to encourage contractors to maintain accurate cost records”
• discussing need to segregate costs where feasible to do so, and where large claim is anticipated
• awarding a ten percent profit to a prime contractor for equitable adjustment relating to subcontractor’s work
• “In maintaining cost data, a contractor should segregate costs associated with the change where it is feasible to do so, and especially where the contractor can anticipate submitting a large claim.”
• “In maintaining cost data, a contractor should segregate costs associated with the change where it is feasible to do so, and especially where the contractor can anticipate submitting a large claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).