Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-2-714

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Sec. 42a-2-714. Buyer's damages for breach in regard to accepted goods.

Official statutory text

(2) The measure of damages for breach of warranty is the difference at the time and place of acceptance between the value of the goods accepted and the value they would have had if they had been as warranted, unless special circumstances show proximate damages of a different amount.

(3) In a proper case any incidental and consequential damages under the next section may also be recovered.

Cited. 172 C. 112; 182 C. 561; 184 C. 10; 189 C. 433; 218 C. 297.

Cited. 27 CA 688; 33 CA 575.

Cited. 39 CS 107.

Court properly charged damages as difference between what value would have been if car was without defects minus what its present value is. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 370.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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