IDA O. LIPPMAN, SARA O. MORGAN & ANNE O. GRUNTHAL, APPELLANTS,

v.

LARRY LONGERGAN, A/K/A LAWRENCE D. LONGERGAN, APPELLEE

Citator

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• U.S. Home Corp. v. Suncoast Utils., Inc., 454 So. 2d 601 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984)
  …cts. In turn, U.S. Home became liable to Suncoast for damages for its anticipatory breach of these latter projects. See Hospital Mortgage Group v. First Prudential Development Corp., 411 So. 2d 181, 182 (Fla.1982); Mori v. Matsushita Electric Corp., 380 So. 2d 461, 465 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 389 So. 2d 1112 (Fla.1980). Consequently, where, as here, there is substantial, competent evidence to sustain a trial court’s holding, we must affirm. Helman v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, 349 So. 2d 1187, 1189 (F…
• Sampley Enters., Inc. v. Laurilla, 404 So. 2d 841 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981)
  …ready and willing to perform his part, sue him at once for an entire breach of contract, and can recover as damages the same profits that he would have earned had he entirely performed the contract. See also Mori v. Matsushita Electric Corporation, 380 So. 2d 461 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980). Thus, the measure of damages is the amount which the innocent party would have received if the contract had been performed, less any deductions for expenses not yet incurred. Put another way, the non-breaching party is entitled…
• Forest's Mens Shop and Ladies Den of Stuart v. Schmidt, 536 So. 2d 334 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988)
  …er v. Atlas Aircraft Corp., 310 So. 2d 352. However, an award of lost profits cannot be based on mere speculation or conjecture. Sampley Enterprises, Inc. v. Laurilla, 404 So. 2d 841 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981); Mori v. Matsushita Electric Corp. of America. 380 So. 2d 461 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 389 So. 2d 1112 (Fla.1980). While the amount of lost profits need only be established with reasonable certainty, a condition precedent to the recovery of such damages is proof, by competent evidence, that the business h…