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· 11/22/1971

Dowling Supply & Equipment, Inc. v. City of Anchorage

Citations

  • 490 P.2d 907
  • 1971 Alas. LEXIS 223

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that although rule against recovery of uncertain damages is generally directed against uncertainty regarding cause rather than extent of damages, some competent evidence as to amount of damages must be introduced
  • holding that \some competent evidence as to the amount of damages\ must be introduced
  • stating that even when “exact amount of damages cannot be readily ascertained,” plaintiff must show “some competent evidence” of amount of damages to recover
  • “[t]he rule against recovery of uncertain damages is therefore generally directed against uncertainty with respect to the cause of rather than the extent of damages”
  • sustaining trial court decision to relitigate just damages
  • sustaining trial court decision to relitigate just damages

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Judges: Boney, Dimond, Rabinowitz, Connor, Erwin, JJ-

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