Sentry Engineering & Construction, Inc. v. Mariner's Cay Development Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that “[flederal decisions require a showing of prejudice when waiver is asserted .... it is not inconsistency, but the presence or absence of prejudice which is determinative”
• stating “the mechanic’s lien statute may not be used as a vehicle for collecting damages for breach of contract”
• Construing contracts together when “[t]he two documents refer to different components of the contract’s price term: payment for actual work and payment for profit. Under the Klutts test, the purpose of both is the same: compensation for project construction.”
• “[O]verhead and profit, when stated as part of the contract price, are proper components of a mechanic’s lien.”
• “[T]he mechanic’s lien statute may not be used as a vehicle for collecting damages for breach of contract.”
• presence or absence of prejudice, not inconsistency, determines waiver of right to arbitration

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).