Sullivan v. O'CONNOR

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the law requires clear proof of a contract to cure or to achieve a particular result
• discussing various alternate measures of damages for breach of contract, including expectancy, restitutionary, and reliance bases
• permitting contract actions based on express promises, but requiring “clear proof’
• although mental anguish damages are not available for breach of a commercial contract, psychological injury may be contemplated in a contract for an operation
• \[T]here is no general rule barring [emotional damages] in actions for breach of contract. It is all a question of the subject matter and background of the contract. . . .\
• patient may sue doctor for breach of promise to produce a specific medical result

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).