{"id":11036,"date":"2017-12-18T00:29:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T00:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11036"},"modified":"2017-12-18T00:29:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T00:29:50","slug":"lost-profits-damages-a-measure-of-damages-that-allows-a-seller-to-collect-the-profits-that-would-have-been-made-on-the-sale-if-the-buyer-had-not-breached-a-contract-or-commit-a-tort","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11036","title":{"rendered":"Lost Profits Damages &#8211; a measure of damages that allows a seller to collect the profits that would have been made on the sale if the buyer had not breached a contract or commit a tort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">lost profits damages<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">(1852)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>1.<\/strong> <em>Contracts. <\/em><strong>A measure of damages that allows a seller to collect the profits that would have been made on the sale if the buyer had not breached.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/ucc\/2\/2-708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UCC \u00a7 2-708(2)<\/a>.<\/strong> \u2014 aka <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>lost profits<\/strong><\/span>. <\/em>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>1. In contract actions, the profit which the nondefaulting promisee expected to make from the breached contract, or the profit which he expected to make from the collateral transactions based upon the promised performance.\u00a0 In tort action, the expected gains from transactions which the injured party expected to complete had it not been for the <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tort<\/a>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">22 Am J2d Damg \u00a7 171<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Disclaimer:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All material throughout this website is pertinent to people everywhere, and is being utilized in accordance with <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=2191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fair Use<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">[1]: <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=5451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=5451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=5451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=5451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=5451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. 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Contracts. A measure of damages that allows a seller to collect the profits that would have been made on the sale if the buyer had not breached.\u00a0 UCC \u00a7 2-708(2). \u2014 aka lost profits. [1] 1. 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