Legal Opinion
Gianetti v. Norwalk Hospital
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 10, 2001No. AC 20197PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DUPONT, J.
The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered after it denied his motion for a permanent injunction and awarded him $1 as nominal damages in his action against the defendants for breach of contract. The fundamental issue is whether a “lost volume seller” theory of damages as provided in 3 Restatement (Second), Contracts §§ 347, comment (f), and 350, comment (d) (1981), should be followed in cases involving a breach of a contract for personal services, a question of first impression in Connecticut. We conclude that the Restatement should be followed and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Gordon v. Bridgeport Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Binette v. SaboSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Beverly Hills Concepts, Inc. v. Schatz & Schatz, Ribicoff & KotkinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Gianetti v. Norwalk HospitalSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Snyder v. Herbert Greenbaum & Associates, Inc.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1977
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Gianetti v. NORWALK HOSP.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 2012
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- In Re WorldCom, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 2007
- Collins Entertainment Corp. v. Coats & Coats Rental AmusementSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
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