Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-2-708
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Sec. 42a-2-708. Seller's damages for nonacceptance or repudiation.
Official statutory text
(2) If the measure of damages provided in subsection (1) is inadequate to put the seller in as good a position as performance would have done then the measure of damages is the profit (including reasonable overhead) which the seller would have made from full performance by the buyer, together with any incidental damages provided in section 42a-2-710 , due allowance for cost reasonably incurred and due credit for payments or proceeds of resale.
Cited. 183 C. 266.
Award of damages constituting gross profit or markup on contract held to be sustained by finding of facto where net profit percentage of yearly operations would be inadequate to put seller in as good a position as performance of the contract would have done. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 333–338. Expenses of installation saved by seller of kitchen equipment because of defendant's breach of contract are not allowable deductions where recovery is allowed in an action for the contract price under Sec. 42a-2-709. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 444.
Cited. 183 C. 266.
Award of damages constituting gross profit or markup on contract held to be sustained by finding of facto where net profit percentage of yearly operations would be inadequate to put seller in as good a position as performance of the contract would have done. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 333–338. Expenses of installation saved by seller of kitchen equipment because of defendant's breach of contract are not allowable deductions where recovery is allowed in an action for the contract price under Sec. 42a-2-709. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 444.
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