Legal Opinion
Wasson v. Peabody Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 8, 2008No. 07-2758PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
John Wasson sued Peabody Coal Company for breach of contract, claiming that it underpaid the royalties to which he was entitled for coal mined from his property. After a bifurcated jury trial resulting in a $350,000 verdict in Wasson’s favor, the district court granted Peabody’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law. Wasson appeals, and we affirm.
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Wasson leased coal-mining rights to Peabody (or one of its predeeessors-in-interest) in exchange for royalty payments calculated in accordance with a lease agreement. Believing that Peabody had underpaid the royalties…
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