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· 10/18/1984

Douglass Fertilizers & Chemical, Inc. v. McClung Landscaping

Citations

  • 459 So. 2d 335
  • 9 Fla. L. Weekly 2222
  • 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 15598

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that plaintiff's claim for loss of future business was too speculative to support the damage award
  • holding that plaintiffs claim for loss of future business was too speculative to support the verdict
  • “[L]ost profits are allowed only if the loss was caused by the defendant’s wrongful act and the profits were reasonably within the contemplation of the defaulting party at the time the contract was entered into”
  • In contract actions, loss profits are available if proved with a reasonable degree of certainty, if caused by defendant’s wrongful act, and the profits were reasonably within the contemplation of the defaulting party at the time the contract was entered into.

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Judges: Frank D. Upchurch, Jr.

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