CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 4531
Owner’s Damages for Breach of Construction
Contract—Failure to Complete Work
If you decide that [name of plaintiff] has proved [his/her/ nonbinary
pronoun/its] claim against [name of defendant] for failure to complete the
[project/describe construction project, e.g., kitchen remodeling], you also
must decide how much money will reasonably compensate [name of
plaintiff] for the harm. This compensation is called “damages.”
To recover damages, [name of plaintiff] must prove the reasonable cost of
completing the [project/ short term for project, e.g., remodeling] so that it
complies with the terms of the contract, including the plans and
specifications, agreed to by the parties.
New December 2010
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
- Content hash
76d3102b15e0d284d7ce353fd3b93df12b6285db1b358ad8534dc3633a649f9d
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