Contract |
Steve Lehto: Lehto@Kennon.com |
Economic Injury
Type of Action: Consumer
protection - breach of home remodeling contract.
Type of injuries: Monetary.
Name of Case: Armstrong v. Thoren.
Cour/Case No.: Oakland
County Circuit Court, No. 94-469428-CK.
Name of Judge: Hon. Denise
Langford-Morris
Jury Demand?: No.
Damages Awarded/No Cause of Action:
$19,643.17 with interest & statutory fees total = $20,833.80.
Trial Verdict or Settlement:
Verdict after one day bench trial.
Attorney for Plaintiff:
Steve Lehto.
Other Useful Information: Plaintiff alleged that defendant abandoned a home remodeling job ($39,000 contract) midway, causing plaintiff to incur substantial damages in mitigation of defendant's breach. Defendant put on no witnesses. Court awarded 100 percent of plaintiff's prayer for relief. Defendant argued that he has no personal liability, but the court held otherwise. (He claimed the damages, if any, were the liability of his corporation.)
© Michigan Lawyers Weekly, April 17, 1995