Legal Opinion
O'Brien & Gere Technical Services, Inc. v. Fru-Con/fluor Daniel Joint Venture
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 26, 2004No. 02-4156PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
This case illustrates the adage which counsels against going into business with someone who has less money than you.
The Procter & Gamble Company hired the Fru-Con/Fluor Daniel Joint Venture (the Joint Venture) 1 as a general contractor to build a paper-manufacturing complex in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In April 1998, the Joint Venture hired O’Brien & Gere (OBG) to design and build six buildings in the complex for the lump sum of $15.3 million. In April 1999, after the project had undergone many changes and delays and the Joint Venture had paid OBG $21.8 2 million, the Joint…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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