Larsen v. Renard

YELVERTON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a damage award assessed against a cross-claim defendant for causing his codefendant to breach a contract with the plaintiff. David Larsen, a machinist, sued Eric B. Coursen, an entrepreneur, and Warren J. Renard, landowner, for breach of contract. Coursen filed a cross claim against Renard alleging that if he had breached the contract, Re-nard was wholly responsible for causing Coursen’s breach.

The facts are a little complicated. Back in 1980, Coursen originated an idea for converting a Caterpillar bulldozer into a unique land clearing device. He…