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[QUOTE="javadoc, post: 3079592, member: 338"]
I was most interested in the avenues for settlement.  The pleading called out performance and damages as possibilities (probably standard).  The pleading also stated that the University acted without contacting the family or the charitable organizations bearing the family's legacy.  Whoops!

A settlement was reached in this case and the facility was renamed.  I don't know if there were financial terms to the settlement, but there was some performance, in the construction of other monuments, etc.

[URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertitta_Center"]Fertitta Center - Wikipedia[/URL]

The damages possibility makes me wonder.  What would be the likely magnitude of damages requested?  If the donor has received substantial financial benefit from the original gift - perhaps exceeding the value of the gift - do those gains offset any potential claim for damages?  And if there were a trial, what would be the venue?  Would it be in central NY, or moved to Carrier's HQ?

The rosiest scenario, IMO, would be for the school to have negotiated with Carrier, and to have provided some combination of performance and remuneration to broach the original agreement amicably.
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