United States

Hadley v Baxendale (as applied in US)

9 Ex. 341 (1854)

JurisdictionUnited States

Year1854

Statusunclear

Key Principle

Consequential damages for breach of contract are limited to those that were reasonably foreseeable at the time of contracting; widely adopted across US jurisdictions.

Area of Law

contract

Related Cases

ProCD Inc v Zeidenberg 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. 1996)

Sullivan v O'Connor 363 Mass. 579 (1973)

Williams v Walker-Thomas Furniture Co 350 F.2d 445 (D.C. Cir. 1965)

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