Native Alaskan Reclamation & Pest Control, Inc. v. United Bank Alaska
Alaska Supreme Court
685 P.2d 1211
Relevant factsFree
United agreed to finance Native's purchase of airplanes using six of them as collateral, then reneged, causing Native to lose the planes to scrap after failing to secure replacement financing. The trial court found United willfully breached but limited damages to Native's mitigation costs, ruling that Native's loss of the planes was not foreseeable to United.
IssueFree
Whether, under the tacit-agreement test, damages for a breach of contract claim must be objectively foreseeable to be recoverable.
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