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Civil Procedure Keyed to Field
MCI v. Logan Group, Inc.
Citation:
848 F. Supp. 86 (N.D. Tex. 1994)Facts
MCI Telecommunications Corporation filed suit in August 1991 against The Logan Group, Inc. and Communication Specialties, Inc. for failure to pay for telephone services provided. Defendants counterclaimed alleging billing errors and that MCI willfully failed to pay money collected on a separate “900 Service,” causing consequential damages to CSI’s business. In February 1993, Fidelity Funding (NC), Inc. moved to intervene, alleging it had been assigned certain of CSI’s accounts receivable on the “900 Service” and had informed MCI of the assignment. Fidelity claimed that before purchasing a particular account receivable, it requested and received verification from MCI that the account was owing and would be paid, but MCI subsequently refused payment claiming an unrelated party owed MCI money. Fidelity asserted claims for fraud and breach of contract based on these alleged misrepresentations.
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