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Equip. Fin. LLC v. Hutchison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Sep 27, 2011
No. 09-cv-01964 (E.D. Pa. Sep. 27, 2011)

Opinion

No. 09-cv-01964

09-27-2011

EQUIPMENT FINANCE, LLC, Plaintiff v. STEVEN M. HUTCHISON; and BLUE HORIZON VEGETATIVE RECYCLING & LAND CLEARING, INC., Defendants


Civil Action

ORDER AND JUDGMENT

NOW, this 27th day of September, 2011, upon consideration of defendants' oral motion for judgment on partial findings, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52, made on the record at the non-jury trial of this matter on October 26, 2010; upon consideration of the following documents:

(1) Agreed Upon Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, filed jointly by the parties on March 18, 2010 (Document 28);
(2) Plaintiff's Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law That Have Not Been Agreed Upon, filed April 2, 2010 (Document 30);
(3) Defendants' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Per the Order of Court of January 8, 2010, which proposed findings were filed April 1, 2010 (Document 29); and
(4) Verdict dated September 27, 2011;
after non-jury trial before the undersigned on October 26, 2010; based upon the findings of fact and conclusions of law stated separately in the Adjudication accompanying this Order and Judgment, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 52(a)(1); for the reasons articulated in the accompanying Adjudication; and pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 58,

IT IS ORDERED that defendants' oral motion for judgment on partial findings is denied in part and granted in part.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that judgment on the Verdict is entered in favor of plaintiff Equipment Finance, LLC and against defendant Steven M. Hutchison in the amount of $1,503,694.09, as follows:

On Count I of plaintiff's Complaint filed May 8, 2009 for Breach of Contract on Note, judgment in the amount of $151,654.09; and
On Count II of plaintiff's Complaint for Implied Contract, judgment in the amount of $1,352,040.00.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that judgment on the Verdict is entered in favor of defendant Blue Horizon Vegetative Recycling & Land Clearing, Inc. and against plaintiff Equipment Finance, LLC on plaintiff's claim in Count IV of plaintiff's Complaint for Implied Contract.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that judgment on the Verdict is entered in favor of defendant Blue Horizon Vegetative Recycling & Land Clearing, Inc. and against plaintiff Equipment Finance, LLC on plaintiff's claim in Count V of plaintiff's Complaint for Unjust Enrichment.

BY THE COURT:

James Knoll Gardner

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Equip. Fin. LLC v. Hutchison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Sep 27, 2011
No. 09-cv-01964 (E.D. Pa. Sep. 27, 2011)
Case details for

Equip. Fin. LLC v. Hutchison

Case Details

Full title:EQUIPMENT FINANCE, LLC, Plaintiff v. STEVEN M. HUTCHISON; and BLUE HORIZON…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Sep 27, 2011

Citations

No. 09-cv-01964 (E.D. Pa. Sep. 27, 2011)

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