Where sellers challenged a judgment in favor of buyers in a breach-of-contract action arising from the sale of a home, arguing that the trial court erred in rejecting their deficiency claim, the court did not err in finding that the ...

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Where boxing promoters challenged judgments in favor of a professional boxer in a breach-of-contract action, the district court properly found that the plaintiff was entitled to a fee as long as the defendants promoted the boxer’s title defenses pursuant to ...

Tagged with: breach of contract Gate Revenues Promotional Rights

(1)Where appellant general contractor and respondent office building owner cross-appealed in a dispute arising from a construction contract, the appellant’s Batson challenge failed because it did not show that the respondent’s reason for a strike was pretext, and the judgment ...

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Despite a finding of breach of contract, St. Louis County jurors rendered a mixed verdict and awarded zero dollars to the Metropolitan Sewer District in its battle with a contractor about a collapsed sewer line. Thomas J. Magee of HeplerBroom ...

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A Kansas jury has awarded two Lawrence, Kansas-based companies $7.06 million after finding two other companies liable for backing out of a deal to fund an Arkansas country music festival, leading to its cancellation in 2015. The jury returned the ...

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A federal judge has entered an $18.3 million judgment against a Canadian company, which leased a North Kansas City warehouse for its bitcoin-mining operation, after the company allegedly paid some of its bills late and failed to pay others altogether. ...

Tagged with: 1520 Swift LLC bitcoin mining BMMTech breach of contract Dentons Judge Nanette K. Laughrey

Where the Department of Corrections challenged a judgment granting partial summary judgment to class plaintiffs, who were corrections officers, in a dispute regarding the officers’ breach-of-contract claims arising from the compensability of their pre- and post-shift tasks, the disputed tasks ...

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Where appellants challenged a jury verdict in favor of respondent trust on a petition for damages alleging breach of contract, unjust enrichment and quantum meruit, the judgment is affirmed because the trial court did not err in giving verdict-directing instructions ...

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Outdoor retailer Bass Pro settled a lawsuit against a timeshare company which it alleged breached contractual obligations by failing to pay required commissions and engaging in high-pressure sales. Bluegreen Vacations Unlimited Inc., which is based in Boca Raton, Florida, agreed ...

Tagged with: Bass Pro breach of contract Missouri Court of Appeals Western District

Plaintiff filed suit against defendant, alleging defendant committed breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and fraudulent misrepresentation with respect to plaintiff’s studies in defendant’s Ph.D. program in mechanical and aerospace engineering. On ...

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(1)Where a city paid trash-rebate payments to the owners and managers of multi-unit buildings and trailer parks for more than 30 years, and these plaintiffs challenged the elimination of the rebate program from the city’s budget, the plaintiffs had standing ...

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