Mead v. Johnson Group, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that, “[i]n an action for a breach of contract, actual damages may be recovered when the loss is the natural, probable, and foreseeable consequence of the defendant’s conduct”
• recognizing that consequential damages are recoverable under Texas law for breach of contract
• holding that “actual damages for loss of credit or injury to credit reputation in an action for breach of contract may be recovered when there is evidence that loss of credit was a natural, probable, and foreseeable consequence of the defendant’s breach”
• recognizing actual damages are recoverable for breach of contract claim
• affirming award of actual damages for loss of credit where defendant had breached contract to pay certain business loans and debts and, subsequent to that failure, plaintiff was refused a loan, lost credit privileges and had her credit accounts closed at several stores
• “In an action for breach of contract, actual damages may be recovered when loss is the natural, probable, and foreseeable consequence of the defendant’s conduct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

191 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Arthur Andersen & Co. v. Perry Equipment Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-05-16· cited 1,355×
• Mustang Pipeline Co. v. Driver Pipeline Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-04-23· cited 493×
• Westech Engineering, Inc. v. Clearwater Constructors, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-07-01· cited 394×
• Hernandez v. Gulf Group Lloyds
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 308×
• Discover Bank v. Morgan
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2012-03-27· cited 231×
• Abraxas Petroleum Corp. v. Hornburg
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2000-03-16· cited 177×
• Citizens National Bank v. Allen Rae Investments Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2004-07-15· cited 166×
• Henry S. Miller Co. v. Bynum
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-10-07· cited 149×
• Pitman v. Lightfoot
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1996-08-07· cited 142×
• Adams v. H & H Meat Products, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2001-03-01· cited 127×
• Hallmark v. Hand
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1994-07-20· cited 116×
• Barnett v. Coppell North Texas Court, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2004-01-29· cited 114×
• MJR Corp. v. B & B VENDING CO.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1988-08-30· cited 114×
• EMC Mortgage Corp. v. Jones
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2008-05-07· cited 103×
• Qaddura v. Indo-European Foods, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2004-08-30· cited 98×
• Paragon General Contractors, Inc. v. Larco Construction Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2007-06-26· cited 87×
• Stuart v. Bayless
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-03-13· cited 81×
• Farr v. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-12-28· cited 76×
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Long Trusts
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-06-15· cited 71×
• Snyder v. Eanes Independent School District
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1993-10-06· cited 64×