Pettiford v. George

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that “the entrepreneur’s ‘cheerful prognostications’” create reliability concerns (quoting Dobbs Law of Remedies § 3.4)
• explaining that under New York law, “evidence of lost profits from a new business venture receives greater scrutiny because there is no track record upon which to base an estimate”
• explaining that under New York law, “evidence of lost profits from a new business venture receives greater scrutiny because there is no track record upon which to base an estimate”
• explaining the product in Ashland was “a new but tested investment strategy by an existing financial management corporation with an extensive customer base”
• explaining, at least in the breach of contract context, that “a recent sale price for the subject asset, negotiated by parties at arm’s length, is the ‘best evidence’ of its market value”
• granting summary judgment to defendant on lost profits claim and noting that \evidence of lost profits from a new business venture receives greater scrutiny because there is no track record upon which to base an estimate\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).