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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5024
Damages - Breach of Contract - Factors to Consider
You may consider the following factors in determining the amount of damages to award
the plaintiff for breach of contract:
1. The amount of money that it would take to put [name of plaintiff] in as good a position as
[he/she/it] would have been in if [name of defendant] had not breached the contract; and
2. [Name of plaintiff]’s business losses or lack of profits as a result of [name of defendant]’s
breach of contract if [name of plaintiff] likely knew those business losses or lack of profits would
have occurred if the contract was breached.
You should subtract any expenses that [name of plaintiff] would have had to pay if [name
of defendant] had not breached the contract, and any business losses or damages that [name of
plaintiff] should have known would occur and could have avoided.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 5024 (current as of February 17, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
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