Opinion ID: 1653760
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: did plaintiff kimmins prove its extra costs were reasonable and necessary?

Text: ¶ 28. Sentinel/Centre and Seaboard/St. Paul claim that Kimmins failed to meet its burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the extra work for which it claimed compensation was due was reasonable and necessary. While Sentinel/Centre and Seaboard/St. Paul admit that Kimmins's expert did testify that the claims were reasonable, they assert that he never stated that they were necessary to complete the work required under the contracts. Kimmins's witnesses need not have used the exact words reasonable and necessary in order to meet the burden of proof. As discussed more fully in Issue III below, Kimmins's burden was to prove its damages with reasonable certainty. Kimmins presented adequate evidence of its damages, and it was within the jury's purview to award damages in this case.