Management Computer Services, Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Respondent-Petitioner, v…

Summary

The Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the parties' computer-services contract was sufficiently definite to enforce, although ambiguous provisions required interpretation by the jury. It also held that MCS's breach neither materially deprived HABCO of the contract's expected benefit nor excused HABCO's performance, and that HABCO waived that defense. The court reinstated the contract verdicts and the $65,000 conversion award, upheld elimination of the unjust-enrichment award, and approved a $650,000 punitive-damages award instead of the excessive $1.75 million verdict.