Servidone Construction Corporation, Plaintiff/cross-Appellant v. The United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a modified total cost method was appropriate given that it was the only effective way to calculate the difference between reasonable anticipated and actual costs
• holding that the total cost method of computing damages should only be used when there are “extraordinary circumstances” and there is “no other way to compute damages[.]”
• requiring a contractor to prove that no other more reliable method is available, its bid was reasonable, that the actual costs were reasonable, and that the contractor lacked responsibility for the added costs
• this method of computing damages should only be used when there are “extraordinary circumstances” and there is “no other way to compute damages!.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).