BUSINESS LAW I

Case Brief Assignment No. 4 (Optional)

(Measure of Damages in Breach of Contract Case)

HW Objectives: 1. Develop critical thinking skills.

2. Learn and apply the general damage principle applicable in a common law

suit for breach of contract.

3. Provide opportunity to draft a Case Brief and summarize a judicial opinion.

Instructions. Review the New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division decision in the case of V.A.L. Floors, Inc. v. Westminster Communities, Inc. (2002) and draft a formal Case Brief that correctly responds to the primary issue raised in the case:

1. Did the trial court err in granting summary judgment to Defendant on the ground that a Contractor's lost profit estimate, based primarily on its past experience, is not a reasonable or sufficiently definite basis upon which to allow a jury to determine lost profits?

You may find the subject case using Google Scholar with the following case citation:

V.A.L. Floors, Inc. v. Westminster Communities, Inc., 355 N.J. Super. 416 (App. Div. 2002)