State v. Service Electric & Supply, Inc.

The State of Wisconsin appeals from a summary judgment denying the State damages for the claimed loss of services of an employee. Because Service Electric and Supply Company breached its contract, the State reassigned a field representative to provide necessary supervision for the work left incomplete by Service Electric. The State paid the field representative the same wage he would have been paid had he not been reassigned. However, if the field representative had not been reassigned, it is stipulated he would have been performing other necessary services for the State. The value of these…