Scobell Inc. v. Schade

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that lost profits are difficult to establish with “mathematical certainty”
• noting that although there was testimony as to Scobell’s bid on a project, the witness “did not know the amount of the bid submitted or whether or not Scobell’s bid was second lowest to Mr. Schade’s bid on behalf of Farrell”
• owner/operator of sheet metal shop bound by terms of non-compete agreement executed as part of sale of his business to another company, of which he became an employee subsequent to sale
• “any breach of contract entitles the injured party at least to nominal damages”
• “any breach of contract entitles the injured party at least to nominal damages”
• “Hence, there can be no competition if [the plaintiff] did not submit a bid, and damages should not be awarded on contracts [the defendant] received [in violation of a non-compete agreement] . . . for which [the plaintiff] did not bid.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Atacs Corporation Airtacs Corporation, in 97-1812 v. Trans World Communications, Inc., in 97-1813. Nos. 97-1812, 97-1813
  Third Circuit· 1998-09-08· cited 186×
• Wolfe v. Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance
  Third Circuit· 2015-06-12· cited 73×
• Haywood v. University of Pittsburgh
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-09-30· cited 23×
• Republic Servs. of Pa., LLC v. Caribbean Operators, LLC
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2018-03-14· cited 20×
• ID Security Systems Canada, Inc. v. Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2002-04-24· cited 19×
• Freedom Medical, Inc. v. Janssens (In Re Janssens)
  D. Maryland· 2010-06-15· cited 17×
• Fleming Steel Co. v. Jacobs Eng'g Grp., Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2019-03-15· cited 13×
• Citadel Broadcasting Co. v. Gratz
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2001-05-01· cited 1×
• Trustees of Conneaut Lake Park, Inc. v. Park Restoration, LLC (In re Trustees of Conneaut Lake Park, Inc.)
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2017-12-15· cited 1×
• Mattiola Construction Corp. v. Commercial Union Insurance
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2002-03-08
• Centrix HR, LLC v. On-Site Staff Management, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2009-10-19
• Judge Technical Services v. Clancy
  Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas· 2000-06-27

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rizzo v. Haines
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 222×
• Marshall v. Daniel Construction Co.
  Supreme Court· 1978-10-02· cited 93×
• Geisinger Clinic v. Di Cuccio
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-04-03· cited 83×
• Gemini Equipment Co. v. Pennsy Supply, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-08-01· cited 82×
• Slaseman v. Myers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-01-21· cited 68×
• Aiken Industries, Inc. v. Estate of Wilson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-31· cited 61×
• Hodges v. Rodriguez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-10· cited 49×
• Piccinini v. Teachers Protective Mutual Life Insurance
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-17· cited 36×
• CR by Dunn v. the Travelers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-11· cited 26×
• Worldwide Auditing Services, Inc. v. Richter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-03-13· cited 21×
• Sobers v. Shannon Optical Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-02· cited 10×
• Ebright v. Shutter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 7×