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The Expectation Measure of Damages |
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When a promisor breaches a legally enforceable promise, the court will in most cases require the promisor to compensate the promisee for the damage the breach causes by paying a certain amount of money. |
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The fundamental goal of a court awarding contract damages is to put the promisee in as good a position as he or she would have been in had the promisor kept the promise. |
| This tutorial focuses on the basic rule for awarding contract damages, the expectation measure of damages. |