Post by Logan on May 12, 2016 2:59:25 GMT -6
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for the state of Indiana are challenging a judge’s decision to award it no damages in its battle with IBM Corp. over the company’s failed attempt to privatize state welfare services.
A Marion County judge ruled that Indiana largely failed “to prove damages by a reasonable certainty.”
Indiana’s attorneys responded by seeking a new judge to oversee the case.
The judge’s Friday order follows a March Indiana Supreme Court decision finding that IBM breached its $1.3 billion state contract to automate much of Indiana’s state welfare system. The order also directs the trial court to determine what damages IBM owes Indiana.
Read more: www.kokomotribune.com/news/state_news/indiana-challenges-damage-award-in-welfare-case/article_97752f2b-ff78-5805-9df4-d4e7753e6e30.html
A Marion County judge ruled that Indiana largely failed “to prove damages by a reasonable certainty.”
Indiana’s attorneys responded by seeking a new judge to oversee the case.
The judge’s Friday order follows a March Indiana Supreme Court decision finding that IBM breached its $1.3 billion state contract to automate much of Indiana’s state welfare system. The order also directs the trial court to determine what damages IBM owes Indiana.
Read more: www.kokomotribune.com/news/state_news/indiana-challenges-damage-award-in-welfare-case/article_97752f2b-ff78-5805-9df4-d4e7753e6e30.html