Legal Opinion
Long v. Abbruzzetti
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 6, 1997No. Record 961815PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Keenan
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether a plaintiff who recovered consequential damages for breach of contract presented sufficient evidence that those damages were within the contemplation of the parties at the time the contract was made.
Francesco Abbruzzetti (the plaintiff) filed a motion for judgment against Stefan C. Long, seeking damages for Long’s alleged breach of his oral contract to act as escrow agent for the plaintiff and his former wife, Josephine Wendy Abbruzzetti. The plaintiff and Long filed cross-motions for summary judgment and agreed, pursuant to Rule 3:18, that the…
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