Scott v. Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting generally claims of implied contracts in the presence of express contracts
• \Principles of fairness ... dictate notice of the claims asserted in order to give the opposing party opportunity to make an adequate response.\
• “Grinnell was plainly prejudiced by submission of the case under a legal theory at variance with the proof and defense anticipated by the litigants both before and during the trial.”
• identifying these elements of an “implied in fact” contract claim
• also citing Iowa Waste for these elements

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).