BLAW 316 FINAL CONT. 2025 QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIED ANSWERS!!
Remedies for Breach of Contract (3) - (answer)- must be able to prove losses with reasonable certainty -
cannot be claimed for case that is too speculative
- only allowed to recover losses which were foreseeable to the defendant at the time of contracting
- plaintiff has duty to mitigate damages- lessen damages
Examples of Unreasonable certainty (2) - (answer)- violating a noncompete: hard to prove what would
have been lost
- startup claiming they would have made money, but it is from the perspective of the person managing
their finances
Hadley vs. Baxendale (Facts, Issue, Conclusion) - (answer)Facts: Flower mill did not have spare
crankshaft, entered into contract with defendant for repairing, breach involves them taking too long to
fix the crankshaft which causes the mill to suffer irreparable damage and close down
Issue: Was there a breach that proves cause for remedy?
Conclusion: There was a breach, but it did not prove cause for remedy because it was not foreseeable
that the mill did not have a spare crankshaft because typically most mills have spares. defendant did not
have to pay for losses.
Types of Damages - (answer)- Compensatory
- Consequential
Compensatory damages - (answer)- compensation for loss of the bargain
buyer's breach - sale of goods - (answer)- you get the difference between market price and the original
bargain
- ex. if a deal involves $1 a widget and then a breach happens, the market price then goes up to $1.50 -
the defendant needs to pay for however extra a person would lose out on for every widget bought -
extra 50 cents per widget
seller's breach - sales of goods (definition and example) - (answer)- amount owed: profit made from the
deal
Remedies for Breach of Contract (3) - (answer)- must be able to prove losses with reasonable certainty -
cannot be claimed for case that is too speculative
- only allowed to recover losses which were foreseeable to the defendant at the time of contracting
- plaintiff has duty to mitigate damages- lessen damages
Examples of Unreasonable certainty (2) - (answer)- violating a noncompete: hard to prove what would
have been lost
- startup claiming they would have made money, but it is from the perspective of the person managing
their finances
Hadley vs. Baxendale (Facts, Issue, Conclusion) - (answer)Facts: Flower mill did not have spare
crankshaft, entered into contract with defendant for repairing, breach involves them taking too long to
fix the crankshaft which causes the mill to suffer irreparable damage and close down
Issue: Was there a breach that proves cause for remedy?
Conclusion: There was a breach, but it did not prove cause for remedy because it was not foreseeable
that the mill did not have a spare crankshaft because typically most mills have spares. defendant did not
have to pay for losses.
Types of Damages - (answer)- Compensatory
- Consequential
Compensatory damages - (answer)- compensation for loss of the bargain
buyer's breach - sale of goods - (answer)- you get the difference between market price and the original
bargain
- ex. if a deal involves $1 a widget and then a breach happens, the market price then goes up to $1.50 -
the defendant needs to pay for however extra a person would lose out on for every widget bought -
extra 50 cents per widget
seller's breach - sales of goods (definition and example) - (answer)- amount owed: profit made from the
deal
