Blue Ribbon Beef Co., Inc. v. Napolitano

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

This appeal concerns the propriety of a trial justice’s calculation of lost-profits damages incurred by a commercial tenant, the plaintiff, Blue Ribbon Beef Co., Inc. (Blue Ribbon), after its municipal landlord, the city of Providence (the city), breached its lease agreement. The defendant, Stephen T. Na-politano, in his capacity as city treasurer, appeals from a Superior Court judgment in favor of Blue Ribbon. After a jury-waived trial, a Superior Court justice entered a final judgment in favor of Blue Ribbon for $351,-991 plus interest accruing from April 30, 1980.

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