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

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