special damages

special damages
Such compensatory damages as arise from the special circumstances of the case, that is, the peculiar circumstances of the case, and may, if properly pleaded, be added to the general damages. 22 Am J2d Damg § 15. The natural, but not the necessary, result of an injury. 22 Am J2d Damg § 15. Damages for breach of contract arising naturally but not necessarily from the breach. Parker v Harris Pine Mills, 206 Or 187, 291 P2d 709, 56 ALR2d 382. Damages sustained by a plaintiff beyond the mere loss of his property. Sarkesian v Cedric Chase Photographic Laboratories, 324 Mass 620, 87 NE2d 745, 12 ALR2d 899. In the law of libel and slander, loss of a temporal or material advantage of any kind, such as loss of an emolument, a favorable marriage, a profitable employment, or even substantial hospitality. 33 Am Jlst L & S § 204. The distinction between general and special damage arising from breach of contract are not absolute, but relative; in other words, damage which is general in relation to a contract of one kind may be classified as special in relation to another. Kerr S.S. Co. v Radio Corp. of America, 245 NY 284, 157 NE 140, 55 ALR 1139, cert den 275 US 557, 72 L Ed 424, 48 S Ct 118.

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