In a ruling that saves the Philadelphia School District $1 million, a federal appeals panel last week overturned an award to a moving company that said it was promised it would be paid in full on its subcontract when a moving job encountered months of delays and difficulties.
Reversing a ruling by U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel, the unanimous three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held in Wayne Moving and Storage v. School District of Philadelphia that Section 508 of the Pennsylvania Public School Code acts as a total bar to claims against a school district for unjust enrichment.
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