Legal Opinion
Utility Audit, Inc. v. Horace Mann Service Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 13, 2004No. 03-2453PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Horace Mann Service Corporation wanted to save money on its telephone bills. To that end, it hired Utility Audit, Inc. in January 2000 to review past bills for possible overbilling and to recommend ways of saving money in the future. In exchange, Horace Mann agreed to pay to Utility Audit a percentage of any savings realized. But Horace Mann refused to pay Utility Audit any part of the $1.2 million it stood to save after switching long-distance carriers, a move Utility Audit takes credit for recommending. Utility Audit sued, but the district court granted summary…
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