Legal Opinion
Clayton Center Associates, a Missouri Limited Partnership by the Centor Company, Its General Partner v. Schindler Haughton Elevator Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1984No. 83-1055PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Clayton Center Associates (Clayton Center) sued Schindler Haughton Elevator Corporation (Schindler) for breach of a contract to maintain the elevators in the Chro-malloy Plaza Building, which Clayton Center owns. After eight days of trial, the district court granted a directed verdict for the defendant, ruling that Clayton Center’s proof of damage was too speculative to submit to the jury. We hold that the district court erred in so ruling.
BACKGROUND
Clayton Center Associates is a partnership which owns the Chromalloy Plaza Building in Clayton, Missouri. 1 Ever since…
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