United States remotenessconsequential damagesforeseeability

Hadley v Baxendale (as applied in US)

9 Ex. 341 (1854)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtCourt of Exchequer (England)

Year1854

StatusPersuasive authority

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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