MCI, LLC v. Patriot Engineering & Environmental, Inc.

ENTRY ON LOSS OF USE DAMAGES

HAMILTON, District Judge.

Plaintiff MCI, LLC does business as Verizon Business (“Verizon”) and operates a telecommunications network of fiber-optic cables. Defendant Patriot Engineering and Environmental, Inc. (“Patriot”) damaged one of Verizon’s high-capacity underground cables while performing drilling operations for Indiana’s highway department. Verizon quickly rerouted much of the telecommunications traffic through other cables and repaired the damaged cable in a little more than eight hours. The repairs cost approximately $22,000. In this diversity action,…