Profit Recovery Group, USA, Inc. v. Commissioner, Department of Administrative & Financial Services

[¶ 1] The Commissioner of the Maine Department of Administrative and Finan*1239cial Services (DAFS)1 appeals from a judgment in favor of The Profit Recovery Group, USA, Inc. (PRGU) for damages in the amount of $578,527.53, entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Studstrup, J.) following a jury trial. The jury found that the parties entered into a contract and that DAFS breached the contract by refusing to pay PRGU its fee. DAFS contends that the court erred in denying its motions for judgment as a matter of law. DAFS claims that, as a matter of law, it did not have the authority to enter…