Plaintiff and defendant entered into four construction contracts that included a provision for liquidated damages on a per diem basis for each day's delay beyond the agreed completion date. All four contracts were completed late, and defendant withheld...

Appellee contracted with appellant to purchase a piece of medical diagnostic equipment and paid a deposit. Appellee had previously contracted with the third-party defendants to establish a medical facility where the equipment was to be used. The third...

A worker was awarded cash benefits under a disability insurance benefits program in 1968. This program provided workers with income during periods in which they are completely disabled. Over the years, the state agency monitored his medical condition...

Borrowers sued a lender seeking damages for fraud and negligent misrepresentation. The borrowers alleged that they were induced to enter into a contract with the lender by the lender's oral misrepresentations of the terms contained in the written...

Defendant operated a bait business. Despite the state statute prohibiting the importation of live baitfish, defendant arranged to have live bait delivered to him from outside the state. The shipment was intercepted and defendant was indicted under §...

FBI officers seized property and cash pursuant to a search warrant after petitioner inmate was arrested. While the petitioner was incarcerated, the FBI sent letters of its intention to forfeit the cash by certified mail addressed to the petitioner care...

Defendants were involved in a speed competition in automobiles on the public highway when one of the defendant's automobiles crashed into plaintiffs' automobile. Plaintiffs brought an action against defendants for concurrent negligence. After...

Defendant car dealer's advertisement listed a price for a used automobile that was significantly less than intended because of typographical and proofreading errors made by a local newspaper. Plaintiff consumer attempted to purchase it by tendering...

Plaintiffs in two sets of consolidated cases suffered severe economic losses from business and street closures that resulted from defendants' construction project disasters. In consolidated appeal of the first of two cases, defendant construction...

The servient estate granted the predecessor an easement over the estate to reach the predecessor's estate. At the time of the conveyance, the predecessor used his estate as a single-family residence and used a one-lane dirt road to reach the residence...