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· 5/27/2004

S. Brooke Purll, Inc. v. Vailes

Citations

  • 850 A.2d 1135
  • 2004 D.C. App. LEXIS 270
  • 2004 WL 1171382

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  • explicitly adopting rule that burden of proof regarding enforceability of liquidated damages clause is on party challenging the clause
  • liquidated damages clause requiring homeowner to pay 35 percent of full contract price for cancellation of home improvement contract was not an unenforceable penalty because two thirds of the contract price represented materials and labor and one third represented the contractor's profit

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Judges: Steadman, Schwelb, Ruiz

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