Shaw Group, Inc. v. Marcum Ex Rel. Estate of Marcum

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• holding that judgment as a matter of law is appropriate where there is a “complete absence of probative facts and only speculation supports the verdict”
• imposing the same limitation as to duties under a contract and ordinary business practices of those engaged in business under such a contract
• finding a witness qualified as an expert \based on his experience working with military contracts similar to the\ contract at issue
• finding a witness qualified as an expert “based on his experience working with military contracts similar to the” contract at issue
• “The court properly excluded any expert testimony as to Shaw’s duty under the contract, permitting [the expert witness] to testify only as to the ordinary business practices of those engaged in private contracting with the military.”
• permitting similar testimony concerning contractual duties

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).