The expectation damages analysis can be circumvented if the parties agree in advance what the damages for breach would be. However, these agreed remedies (or “liquidated damages”) are not always allowed by courts, as they often serve as a penalty and not simply a forecast of actual damage.

Wasserman’s Inc. v. Township of Middletown

 
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