Legal Opinion
C.S. Sastry v. Coale
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 15, 1991No. 89-605PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge.
This litigation arose from an unsuccessful attempt to develop legal business in Bhopal, India among the victims of the disaster at the Union Carbide plant in 1984. C.S. Sastry, appellant, rendered services in support of the efforts of attorney John P. Coale, appellee, to locate potential clients in Bhopal. Sastry claims that Coale failed to pay full compensation for 800 hours of work. At the end of Sastry’s case-in-chief, the trial judge granted Coale’s motion for a directed verdict, concluding that because Sastry had presented inconsistent evidence about the terms of…
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