Dalton Properties, Inc. v. Jones

OPINION

The present appeal questions the appropriateness of an award of monetary damages in an action for the breach of a subcontractor’s agreement which is terminable without cause. Under the agreement, Jones was employed as a subcontractor to remove trash and other debris from a HUÍ) housing complex which was in the process of being renovated. The subcontract stated that the prime contractor “reserves the absolute right to terminate this agreement.”

From the record it appears that Jones performed under the terms of the agreement for approximately three months until a dispute arose between…