Contracts - Remedies Flashcards
What is the basic default for legal remedies
Expectation damages
Expectation damages
puts you in the position you would have been had the K been preformed
When will expectation damages be awarded
if it is foreseeable
with reasonable certainty
What is the basic formula for expectation damages
Contract price - what you would have received / saved +any costs
When expectation damages are to speculative or uncertain you award
Reliance damages
What do reliance damages do
put the unbreaching party a position that they were prior to the contract
What is usually awarded in reliance damages
Unreimbursed costs that I spent that i relied on the fact that there was going to be a K
With reliance damages you cannot get
expectation damages
What are resitutionary damages asking for
You are asking for the value of the benefits that I gave you
When do you ask for resitutionary damages
when the K is partially preformed
How do you measure resitutionary damages
the market value of the services
Can you get expectation damages with resitutionary damages
No
Consequential damages
As a result of the breach, foreseeable costs occurred
Incidental damages are different from consequential damages because
they do not need to be foreseeable in order for you to get the out of pocket expenses
Liquidated damages
Damages that determined at the time that you make the K because they are too speculative
When are liquidated damages enforceable
when they are reasonable
AND
does not act like a penalty
What is a rule of thumb in determining If the liquidated damages are a penalty
damages must not exceed 10%
How does the breaching party receive damages
quantum merit