legislation
Your group works as legislative counsel to Representative Henrietta HolyCow. She
recently suffered some inconvenience when a home renovation company breached its promise to install marble counters in her kitchen. “They deliberately violated our agreement, saying that Senator Lowlife had offered them twice as much money for the same work!” fumed Henrietta. “It seems to me that someone who suffers such a deliberate breach ought to get more than simply expectation damages. Keeping one’s word is a virtue, after all, and breaking it is a sort of fraud. I’m thus considering drafting legislation that will allow recovery of punitive damages against anyone who deliberately breaches a contract for financial
gain.”
Prepare for Henrietta a memo with your analysis and legal opinion of her proposed legislation. Explain punitive damages pertaining to contracts, what they are and how they work, as well as your opinion as to her idea.
- Cite cases and laws pertaining to same to back up your ideas and statements.