Technical Consultant Services, Inc., and Dr. I.H. Rubaii v. Lakewood Pipe of Texas, Inc.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Lakewood Pipe of Texas, challenges the judgment entered against it on a jury finding that it breached a contract to guarantee commissions appellee Technical Consultant Services earned in arranging a sale in Iraq. We affirm that portion of the judgment predicated on the jury’s finding that Lakewood breached its contract. However, we remand to permit the district court to recompute prejudgment interest due on the award.

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This dispute arose from a $1.3 million sale of irrigation pipe to Iraq in 1975. The sale’s genesis dates to spring 1974, when…