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Consequential Damages

June 2, 2017 by: Content Team

Consequential damages are also known as “special damages,” and are damages that are not a direct result of an incident itself, but are instead consequences of that incident. An example of consequential damages would be a driver getting into a car accident because, instead of paying attention to the road, he was focused on another car accident that had just […]

Hadley v. Baxendale

April 7, 2017 by: Content Team

Following is the case brief for Hadley v. Baxendale, The Court of Exchequer (England), (1854) Case summary for Hadley v. Baxendale: Hadley owned and operated a mill when the mill’s crank shaft broke. Hadley entered into a contract with Baxendale, to deliver the shaft to an engineering company on an agreed upon date. Hadley failed to inform Baxendale that the mill […]

Incidental Damages

December 31, 2014 by: Content Team

Incidental damages are reasonable expenses incurred by one party to a contract as a result of the other party’s breach of the contract. These expenses may be awarded in a civil lawsuit in addition to the award of compensatory damages. To explore this concept, consider the following incidental damages definition. Definition of Incidental Noun Something that happens by chance or […]