Maine Rubber International v. Environmental Management Group, Inc.

ORDER ON DEPENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW ON DAMAGES AND PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO ALTER AND AMEND JUDGMENT

HORNBY, District Judge.

The primary issue on this motion for judgment as a matter of law after the jury’s verdict is whether sufficient evidence was produced at trial to show that lost profits and out-of-pocket expenses were a reasonably foreseeable result of a breached contract to assess environmental conditions on real estate. I conclude that there was insufficient evidence to show that the parties contemplated lost profits as possible damages for breach at the time they…