U. S. Industries, Inc. v. Blake Construction Co., Inc., U. S. Industries, Inc. v. Blake Construction Co., Inc

How courts have described this case

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

• total cost method is disfavored because “it assumes that the defendant’s breach was the cause of all the extra cost”
• “[T]he creditor may sue the surety directly without first obtaining a judgment against the principal debtor or even making a demand on it.” (citations omitted)
• \It is common practice for a contractor to present claims of its subcontractors in a suit against the other party to the prime contract.\
• “It is common practice for a contractor to present claims of its subcontractors in a suit against the other party to the prime contract.”
• district court did not abuse its discretion in denying new trial where “there was conflicting evidence” and jury credited one party’s version of facts over the other’s

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).