limitations on damages (foreseeability, certainty, avoidability)
The three doctrines that cut expectation damages down: the loss must have been foreseeable at contracting (Hadley), provable with reasonable certainty (§ 352), and not reasonably avoidable (§ 350); the professor's course outline lists them together.
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límites a los daños (previsibilidad, certeza, evitabilidad)
Las tres doctrinas que recortan los daños por expectativa: la pérdida debe haber sido previsible al contratar (Hadley), probable con certeza razonable (§ 352) y no razonablemente evitable (§ 350); el esquema del curso las enumera juntas.
ExamplesEjemplos
- Run the three limits on every damages number before writing it down. Pasa los tres límites por cada cifra de daños antes de escribirla.
RelatedRelacionados: foreseeability (Hadley rule), certainty of damages (R.2d § 352), mitigation (avoidability, R.2d § 350)
Cases: Hadley v. Baxendale
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