Grantham and Mann, Inc., D/B/A Grantham Safety Industries, Inc. v. American Safety Products, Inc., Sam Evans, Richard J. Althoff and James Hunneke

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the rule against awarding speculative damages “precluded] recovery ... where the damage claimed is not the certain result of the wrong”
• explaining that federal courts applying state law must do so “in accordance with the then controlling decisions of the highest state court”
• explaining that federal courts applying state law must do so “in accordance with the then controlling decisions of the highest state court”
• finding recovery is precluded “where the damage claimed is not the certain result of the wrong”
• purpose of award of damages in breach of contract actions is not to provide a windfall for the plaintiff
• When considering how the state’s highest court would rule, federal courts look to relevant decisions of the highest court, lower state court opinions, and law review analysis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).