THE FLORIDA BAR, COMPLAINANT,

v.

EDWIN L. MASON, DEFENDANT

Citator

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• Fort Lauderdale Lincoln Mercury, Inc. v. Fallaro, 616 So. 2d 594 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993)
  …within a reasonable degree of certainty. See, e.g., Ed. L. Nezelek v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co., 383 So. 2d 979 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980); Ed Skoda Ford, Inc. v. P & P Paint & Body Shop, Inc., 302 So. 2d 461 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974), cert. denied, 315 So. 2d 179 (Fla.1975). Because appellant’s claim for lost profits was not speculative, appellant is entitled to recover its lost profits as a portion of its compensatory damages. Reversed and remanded for further proceedings. GLICKSTEIN, C.J., and LETTS an…
• Plantation KEY Developers, Inc. v. Colonial Mortg. Co. OF Ind., Inc., 589 F.2d 164 (5th Cir. 1979)
  …profits which would have resulted from the performance of the contract and which may be ascertained with a reasonable degree of certainty.” Ed Skoda Ford, Inc. v. P&P Paint & Body Shop, Inc., 302 So. 2d 461, 461-62 (Fla. 3d DCA 1974), cert. denied, 315 So. 2d 179 (Fla.1975). Lost profits, however, is not the exclusive measure of damages for breach of contract. Indeed, the nonbreaching party has the choice of recovering either loss of profits or damages which will put him in the same position as he was prior…
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