Marchese v. Taylor

Sep 23, 1971
No. 70-734
Reporters:
Before:
Owen
PER CURIAM.

An incorrect measure of damages was employed in this breach of ‍​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‍a building contract case, and this was the only error discerned.

After the trial of this case this Court decided Ballard v. Krause, ‍​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‍Fla.App.1971, 248 So.2d 233. We held that a contractor’s measure of damages when an owner wrongfully terminated a contract was either lost profit ‍​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‍that would have been realized and costs reasonably incurred in good faith in partial performance of the contract, or quantum meruit, along with the ‍​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‍refinements found in the published opinion.

The final judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial on the issue of ‍​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‍damages, only.

Reversed and remanded.

REED, C. J., and WALDEN and OWEN, JJ., concur.