{"id":10875,"date":"2017-12-15T23:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T23:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10875"},"modified":"2017-12-16T06:38:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T06:38:02","slug":"reliance-damages-damages-awarded-for-losses-incurred-by-the-plaintiff-in-reliance-on-the-contract-to-restore-the-plaintiff-to-the-economic-condition-the-plaintiff-enjoyed-before-the-contract-was-fo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10875","title":{"rendered":"Reliance (Loss) Damages – damages awarded or reimbursement for losses incurred by the plaintiff in reliance on the contract, to restore the plaintiff to the economic condition the plaintiff enjoyed before the contract was formed; violation of trust or confidence that was depended on, acitonable as fraud, deceit, and\/or a granting of promissory estoppel"},"content":{"rendered":"

reliance<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Dependence.\u00a0 Trust or confidence, particularly in promises and representations.\u00a0 As an element of acitonable fraud or deceit: \u2014 an inducement to action or injurious change of position on the part of the plaintiff.\u00a0 37 Am J2d Fraud \u00a7 223<\/span>.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Trust; confidence; dependence.\u00a0 Intent to induce reliance is an essential element of fraudulent misrepresentation.\u00a0 It is also an essential element of promissory estoppel.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

reliance damages<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(1938)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Damages awarded for losses incurred by the plaintiff in reliance on the contract.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Reliance damages restore the plaintiff to the economic condition the plaintiff enjoyed before the contract was formed.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from P.S. Atiyah, An Introduction to the Law of Contract<\/em><\/a> 311 (3d ed. 1981):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cReliance damages are . . \u2018real\u2019 losses in a much more tangible way than losses of expectations.\u00a0 The distinction is nicely illustrated by McRae v. Commonwealth Disposals Commission<\/em> . . .. . in this case, . . . the defendants sold a shipwrecked tanker which they advertised as lying on a certain reef in the Pacific, and the plaintiffs spent a substantial sum of money equipping a salvage expedition to go in search of the ship.\u00a0 The ship was wholly non-existent, and the plaintiffs were held entitled to damages.\u00a0 Here it was clear that the plaintiffs had incurred substantial expenses \u2014 real losses \u2014 in reliance on the contract, and the Australian High Court awarded these reliance damages to the plaintiffs.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

reliance loss damages<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(2006)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A reimbursement for losses or expenses that the plaintiff suffers in reliance on the defendant\u2018s contractual promise that has been breached.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[1]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Black\u2019s Law <\/a><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>by<\/b><\/strong> Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[4]: P.S. Atiyah, An Introduction to the Law of Contract<\/em><\/a> 311 (3d ed. 1981)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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