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CACI No. 4540

Contractor’s Damages for Breach of Construction

activein force · 2025-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

Contract—Change Orders/Extra Work

[Name of plaintiff] contends that [name of defendant] increased or changed

the scope of the [project/ describe construction project, e.g., apartment

building] beyond what was required by the parties’ contract. If you find

that [name of plaintiff] is entitled to compensation for this extra work,

you may award damages to [name of plaintiff] based on [the agreed price

provided in the parties’ contract for/the reasonable value of] the extra

work.

New December 2010

Provenance

Source
courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
caci-2025
Content hash
9a76663a25efa6fdc62d8fe0d03e5c2f9d862349b02d5aff5beaa8329cfeaf60
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