Columbia Gas System, Inc. v. United States

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• holding that a new business venture may establish lost profits damages “with reasonable certainty with the aid of expert testimony, economic and financial data, market surveys and analyses, business records of similar enterprises, and the like.”
• holding that a new business venture may establish lost profits damages “with reasonable certainty with the aid of expert testimony, economic and financial data, market surveys and analyses, business records of similar enterprises, and the 16 like.”
• affirming directed verdict on lost-profits damages where plaintiff provided no “specificity as to the price or quantity of parts” and instead only offered evidence regarding the “average price” of a part
• in a breach of contract action for lost profits to a new business
• quot-ing Restatement of Contracts 2d, Section 352, Comment b

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