foreseeability (Hadley rule)
A limit on damages: the breaching party is liable only for losses that arise naturally from the breach or that it had reason to foresee as a probable result when the contract was made, including special circumstances communicated to it (R.2d § 351).
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previsibilidad (regla de Hadley)
Límite de los daños: el incumplidor responde solo por las pérdidas que surgen naturalmente del incumplimiento o que tenía razones para prever como resultado probable al contratar, incluidas las circunstancias especiales que se le comunicaron (R.2d § 351).
ExamplesEjemplos
- Tell the carrier the mill is stopped and the lost profits become foreseeable. Dile al transportista que el molino está parado y las ganancias perdidas se vuelven previsibles.
RelatedRelacionados: consequential (special) damages, limitations on damages (foreseeability, certainty, avoidability)
Cases: Hadley v. Baxendale
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