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Opinions in Minnesota that cite Faust v. Parrott, 270 N.W.2d 117.
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City Market & Halal Meat, Inc., Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2026
A party may recover lost profits only if it shows that (1) the losses were a “direct result” of the other party’s actions and (2) “the amount of the reduction of profits may be ascertained with reasonable certainty.”
- Absolute Sports Cards, LLC, Respondent, Minn. Ct. App. 2024
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Richard Heggemeyer, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2023
(explaining that damages need not be “calculable with absolute precision” but “must nevertheless be ascertainable with reasonable exactness and may not be the product of benevolent speculation”).
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Minn. 2019
be ascertainable with reasonable exactness and may not be the product of benevolent speculation.”
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Claire Lee, Appellant,
Minn. Ct. App. 2017
be ascertainable with reasonable exactne ss and may not be the product of benevolent speculation.”
- Negassi H. Ghebrehiwet v. Khaled Ghneim Minn. Ct. App. 2016
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Negassi H. Ghebrehiwet v. Khaled Ghneim
Minn. Ct. App. 2016
“While the law most certainly does not require that damages be calculable with absolute precision, damages must nevertheless be ascertainable with reasonable exactness and may not be the product of benevolent speculation.”
- Gerald J. Hansen v. N'compass Solutions Inc. Minn. Ct. App. 2015
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Gerald J. Hansen v. N'compass Solutions Inc.
Minn. Ct. App. 2015
Damages awarded for a breach of a noncompete covenant “are measured by the business loss suffered as a consequence of the breach.” d 117, 120 (Minn. 1978).
- Poppler v. Wright Hennepin Cooperative Electric Ass'n 834 N.W.2d 527 Minn. Ct. App. 2013
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Poppler v. Wright Hennepin Cooperative Electric Ass'n
834 N.W.2d 527
Minn. Ct. App. 2013
On the other hand, the supreme court held that the plaintiffs failed to prove lost profits by introducing evidence of lost sales but failing to introduce evidence of the “actual profit” they would have received.
- Mattson Ridge, LLC v. Clear Rock Title, LLP 824 N.W.2d 622 Minn. 2012
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Mattson Ridge, LLC v. Clear Rock Title, LLP
824 N.W.2d 622
Minn. 2012
As we have recognized, lost profits are an appropriate measure of damages “when the anticipated profits can be prove[n] to a reasonable, although not necessarily absolute, certainty.” N. Petrochemical Co. v. Thorsen & Thorshov, Inc., 297 Minn. 118, 125 , (requiring lost profits to be proven with “reasonable certainty” in the insurance context).
- Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Nishika Ltd. 565 N.W.2d 16 Minn. 1997
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Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Nishika Ltd.
565 N.W.2d 16
Minn. 1997
E.g., Hydra-Mac, d at 920 ; Polaris Indus, v. Plastics, Inc., Cardinal Consulting Co. v. Circo Resorts, Inc.
- State v. Montanari 404 N.W.2d 394 Minn. Ct. App. 1987
- State v. Montanari 404 N.W.2d 394 Minn. Ct. App. 1987
- Edling v. Stanford Township 381 N.W.2d 881 Minn. Ct. App. 1986
- Edling v. Stanford Township 381 N.W.2d 881 Minn. Ct. App. 1986
- Fudally v. Ching Johnson Builders, Inc. 360 N.W.2d 436 Minn. Ct. App. 1985
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Fudally v. Ching Johnson Builders, Inc.
360 N.W.2d 436
Minn. Ct. App. 1985
Since no such itemization was presented, Ching Johnson argues the jury had no basis upon which to calculate its award, and damages were improperly the product of “benevolent speculation.”
- Zobel & Dahl Construction v. Crotty 356 N.W.2d 42 Minn. 1984
- Zobel & Dahl Construction v. Crotty 356 N.W.2d 42 Minn. 1984
- Thomton, Sperry & Jensen, Ltd. v. Anderson 352 N.W.2d 467 Minn. Ct. App. 1984
- Thomton, Sperry & Jensen, Ltd. v. Anderson 352 N.W.2d 467 Minn. Ct. App. 1984
- Barr/Nelson, Inc. v. Tonto's, Inc. 336 N.W.2d 46 Minn. 1983
- Barr/Nelson, Inc. v. Tonto's, Inc. 336 N.W.2d 46 Minn. 1983
- Cardinal Consulting Co. v. Circo Resorts, Inc. 297 N.W.2d 260 Minn. 1980
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Cardinal Consulting Co. v. Circo Resorts, Inc.
297 N.W.2d 260
Minn. 1980
whether the business was an unestablished one was never directly before us there, and no position toward this question was taken in the opinion.
- B & Y Metal Painting, Inc. v. Ball 279 N.W.2d 813 Minn. 1979
- B & Y Metal Painting, Inc. v. Ball 279 N.W.2d 813 Minn. 1979