Podcast Episode 574: Law Every 1L Should Know — Contracts (Expectation Damages – Common Law)
Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, as part of our series presenting law that 1Ls should know, we cover contract expectation damages under the common law — the standard putting the non-breaching party in the position they would have been in had the contract been performed. We look at what damages may be claimed as direct, consequential, and incidental, and analyze a hypo where we calculate the damages.
In this episode we discuss:
Expectation damages overview and formula
What damages can be claimed as direct, consequential, and incidental?
Limits on recovery…
The skinny
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