John C. Grimberg Company Incorporated, Case Study

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Instead, Grimberg was saddled with an additional fabrication cost of $34,500 beyond that which it had originally quoted" (494).

Case name and citation

Ronald R. J Rhen, plaintiff v. The United States, defendant. No. 308-88C. United States Claims Court, 17 Cl. Ct. 140. June 2, 1989.

Key Facts

The plaintiff Rhen had been contracted to clear surplus trees and bushes by the Oregon government within a specified time frame of 6 months. Progress was slow and the plaintiff was asked to submit a revised work schedule. The time frame of the contract concluded and the work was not yet completed. The contracting officer found that the plaintiff had not met the required deadline and that the plaintiff's excuses were not acceptable grounds for extensions. Plaintiff Rhen filed suit for wrongful termination.

Legal Issue(s) Presented before Court

The plaintiff asks for the fee he or she was to be paid for the work, reimbursement the income he lost because of his inability to obtain 'bonding,' and the costs of the value of road acreage deleted from the contract.

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Holding of the Court

Defendant's partial motion for summary judgment was granted

Court's Rationale or Reasoning for its Decision

The defendant, the United States of America, argued that as to three of the claims should be served with summary judgment because of their lack of validity under current law -- in other words; they were not valid grounds for a case under the rule of law. The court concurred with this assessment. The work was not completed in a timely fashion, bearing out the defendant's interpretation of the work, and it was invalid that the government provided restitution for the contracts Rhen might have obtained, had he received bonding -- but these damages were deemed too "remote, consequential and speculative" as a rule of law (576). No thinning was done on….....

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