consequential damages
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 372 U.S. 108 - Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 1963Most cited · 1,593 citing opinions
for a defendant to be liable for consequential damages he need not foresee the particular consequences of his negligent acts: assuming the existence of a threshold tort against the person, then whatever damages flow from it are recoverable
How often courts cite the cases defining “consequential damages”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “consequential damages” — 2,091 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1925–1963
- ORIGINAL
The settled rules of law precluded his considering in that determination consequential damages for losses to their business, or for its destruction.