Mustang Pipeline Co. v. Driver Pipeline Co.

In this breach of contract case, both parties, Mustang Pipeline Co. (Mustang), and Driver Pipeline Co. (Driver), obtained favorable jury findings as to the other’s breach of a pipeline construction contract. Mustang initially brought suit against Driver for Driver’s failure to complete work in a timely manner. Driver counterclaimed for Mustang’s wrongful termination of the contract. It is a fundamental principle of contract law that when one party to a contract commits a material breach of that contract, the other party is discharged or excused from further performance. Hernandez v. Gulf…