Vectren Communications Services, Inc. v. City of Alameda

Filing 201

VERDICT FORM (PROPOSED FOR COUNSEL) (SI, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/2/2010)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United United States District Court For the Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 We the jury in the above captioned action, find as follows on the questions submitted to us: SPECIAL VERDICT v. CITY OF ALAMEDA, Defendant. / VECTREN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, Plaintiff, No. C 08-3137 SI IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Part 1: Vectren's Breach of Contract Claims against Alameda related to operation of the Telecom System: A ­ Rates A-1: Did Vectren prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, all of the elements necessary to establish that Alameda breached the 2004 Installment Sale Agreement with respect to the rates it charged to customers? Yes __________ No __________. If you answered "Yes" to Question A-1, please answer the next question. Otherwise, please go to Question B-1. A-2: Did Vectren know, or by the exercise of reasonable care should Vectren have known, before August 29, 2006, of all of the elements of this claim for breach? Yes __________ No __________. If you answered "No" to Question A-2, please answer the next question. Otherwise, please go to Question B-1. A-3: Was Vectren harmed as a result of this breach? Yes __________ Please answer the next question. No __________. B - Staffing B-1: Did Vectren prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, all of the elements necessary to establish that Alameda breached the 2004 Installment Sale Agreement with respect to the staffing of its operation of the Telecom System? Yes __________ No __________. If you answered "Yes" to Question B-1, please answer the next question. Otherwise, please go to Question C-1. 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 B-2: Did Vectren know, or by the exercise of reasonable care should Vectren have known, before August 29, 2006, of all of the elements of this claim for breach? Yes __________ No __________. If you answered "No" to Question B-2, please answer the next question. Otherwise, please go to Question C-1. B-3: Was Vectren harmed as a result of this breach? Yes __________ Please answer the next question. No __________. C - Voice/Telephone C-1: Did Vectren prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, all of the elements necessary to establish that Alameda breached the 2004 Installment Sale Agreement with respect to the addition of, or failure to add, voice or telephone service to the Telecom System ? Yes __________ No __________. If you answered "Yes" to Question C-1, please answer the next question. Otherwise, please go to Question D-1. C-2: Did Vectren know, or by the exercise of reasonable care should Vectren have known, before August 29, 2006, of all of the elements of this claim for breach? Yes __________ No __________. If you answered "No" to Question C-2, please answer the next question. Otherwise, please go to Question D-1. C-3: Was Vectren harmed as a result of this breach? Yes __________ No __________. D - Damages D-1: If you answered "Yes" to any of the questions A-3, B-3 and/or C-3, please state the amount of damages caused to Vectren by the breach or breaches you found: $___________________ 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Part 2: Vectren's Breach of Contract Claims against Alameda related to allegedly improper accounting: A: Did Vectren prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, all of the elements necessary to establish that Alameda breached the 2004 Installment Sale Agreement by improperly accounting for the Net Series 2002A Revenues? Yes __________ No __________. If you answered "Yes" to Question A, please answer the next question. Otherwise, please go to Part 3. B: Did Vectren know, or by the exercise of reasonable care should Vectren have known, before August 29, 2006, of all of the elements of this claim for breach? Yes __________ No __________. If you answered "No" to Question B, please answer the next question. Otherwise, please go to Part 3. C: Was Vectren harmed as a result of this breach? Yes __________ No __________. D: If you answered "Yes" to question C, please state the amount of damages caused to Vectren by this breach: $___________________ 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Part 3: Vectren's Breach of Contract Claims against Alameda related to allegedly improper sale of the Telecom System: A: Did Vectren prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, all of the elements necessary to establish that Alameda breached the 2004 Installment Sale Agreement by improperly selling the Telecom System? Yes __________ No __________. If you answered "Yes" to Question A, please answer the next question. Otherwise, please go to Part 4. B: Did Vectren know, or by the exercise of reasonable care should Vectren have known, before August 29, 2006, of all of the elements of this claim for breach? Yes __________ No __________. If you answered "No" to Question B, please answer the next question. Otherwise, please go to Part 4. C: Was Vectren harmed as a result of this breach? Yes __________ No __________. D: If you answered "Yes" to question C, please state the amount of damages caused to Vectren by this breach: $___________________ [Note: Please state all damages you find based on this breach. If you have also found damages related to earlier breaches, do not be concerned about duplication of damages; the Court will assess the final damage figures after the verdict is returned.] 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 6 Dated: ________________ ______________________________ FOREPERSON Part 4: Alameda's affirmative defense of waiver: Did Alameda prove, by clear and convincing evidence, all of the elements necessary to establish that Vectren gave up or waived its right to have Alameda perform the following obligations under the 2004 Installment Sale Agreement? Waiver of obligations re: rate covenant? Waiver of obligations re: staffing provisions? Waiver of obligations re: voice/telephone? Waiver of obligations re: sale of Telecom System? Yes __________ Yes __________ Yes __________ Yes __________ No __________ No __________ No __________ No __________

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