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Cumberland Farms v. S.J.L. Service Station

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 1, 2000
272 A.D.2d 289 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)

Opinion

Argued March 23, 2000.

May 1, 2000.

In an action to recover damages for breach of contract, the defendants appeal from (1) a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Schmidt, J.), entered January 7, 1999, and (2) an amended judgment of the same court, entered March 26, 1999, which, upon a jury verdict, is in favor of the plaintiff and against them in the principal sum of $138,406.09.

David H. Ledgin, Mineola, N.Y., for appellants.

Westerman Shapiro Pollack Draghi Miller, LLP, Garden City, N Y (Jeffrey A. Miller of counsel), for respondent.

FRED T. SANTUCCI, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, LEO F. McGINITY, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.


DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the appeal from the judgment is dismissed, as the judgment was superseded by the amended judgment; and it is further,

ORDERED that the amended judgment is affirmed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the respondent is awarded one bill of costs.

Contrary to the defendants' contention, the court properly refused to dismiss the cause of action to recover lost profits based on breach of contract. The contract between the parties sufficiently demonstrates that a claim for lost profits was within the contemplation of the parties in the event the defendants breached the contract (see, Ashland Mgt. v. Janien, 82 N.Y.2d 395; Kenford Co. v. County of Erie, 67 N.Y.2d 257).

An award for lost profits need not be calculated with mathematical precision, but rather, must, as here, be "capable of measurement based upon known reliable factors without undue speculation" (Ashland Mgt. v. Janien, supra). Here, the jury's award for lost profits is supported by the record.

The defendants' remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review, lack merit, or do not warrant reversal.

SANTUCCI, J.P., FRIEDMANN, McGINITY and SMITH, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Cumberland Farms v. S.J.L. Service Station

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
May 1, 2000
272 A.D.2d 289 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
Case details for

Cumberland Farms v. S.J.L. Service Station

Case Details

Full title:Cumberland Farms, Inc., respondent, v. S.J.L. Service Station, Inc., d/b/a…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: May 1, 2000

Citations

272 A.D.2d 289 (N.Y. App. Div. 2000)
707 N.Y.S.2d 888

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