Opinion ID: 424016
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: Improper jury argument

Text: 115 USI maintained that Gregg misrepresented the financial status of a contract Gregg had with the Corps of Engineers. At the time of trial USI had pending before the Army Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals a claim for equitable adjustment of this contract. The court instructed both parties that jury argument about USI's prospects for recovering on this pending claim would be improper. USI maintains that it is entitled to a new trial on its fraud counterclaims because Gregg improperly argued to the jury that USI had favorable prospects for recovering on this claim. This contention was raised by motion for mistrial and motion for new trial, and the trial judge denied both. We have considered the arguments made by Gregg and those by USI to which Gregg was responding, and we find no error in the trial court's rulings.