Legal Opinion
Barry C. Cosgrove, Cross-Appellee v. Joseph Bartolotta and Mary-Bart, Llc, Doing Business as Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 22, 1998No. 97-2903, 97-3023 and 97-3322PublishedCited by 398 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
A jury awarded the plaintiff damages of $135,000 in a diversity suit governed by Wisconsin law. The damages were broken down as follows: $117,000 for promissory estoppel, $1,000 for misrepresentation, and $17,000 for unjust enrichment. In response to the defendants’ motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) to alter or amend the judgment, the judge rendered judgment for the defendants on the promissory estoppel claim on the ground that the plaintiff had failed to prove reliance; but he let the jury’s verdict stand with respect to the other claims. Later he denied the plaintiffs…
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