Also known as: aggrieved parties · injured party
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A party entitled to a remedy. The designation applies when a person's personal, pecuniary, or property rights have been adversely affected by another's actions or by a court's decree or judgment.
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Atlas Ventures contracted with Ashford Manufacturing for phased delivery of custom parts over eighteen months. Ashford notified Atlas that it would divert the remaining shipments to another buyer and could not meet the schedule. Atlas treated the announcement as total breach and sued for damages covering all its remaining contractual rights to performance.
Anchor Bank leased space to Anita Ali for a one-year term. After the lease ended, Ali remained in possession without permission. Anchor Bank recovered special damages from Ali for the costs it reasonably could not avoid after the holdover.
Antonio Alvarado suffered injuries when a delivery truck owned by Astra Aerospace struck his vehicle. Alvarado received medical payments from his own insurer. He still recovered the full amount of his medical expenses from Astra Aerospace without any credit for the insurer payments.
Aisha Ahmed ordered six monthly shipments of specialized equipment from Adam Anderson. Anderson delivered only the first two shipments on time and missed the third. Ahmed sued for damages limited to the value of the missed shipment while keeping the contract in force for future deliveries.
Albert Allen agreed to supply Angela Acosta with unique components essential to her manufacturing line. Allen failed to deliver the final batch, which substantially impaired the value of the entire contract to Acosta. Acosta recovered damages based on all her remaining rights to performance.
After a district court denied a motion to dismiss, the defendant sought immediate appellate review. The court of appeals examined whether the defendant qualified as an aggrieved party entitled to pursue the interlocutory appeal under the collateral order doctrine.
An aggrieved party may recover damages based on all remaining rights to performance under the contract.
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Payments from other sources are not credited against the tortfeasor's liability even when they cover part of the harm.
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A landlord may recover foreseeable special damages caused by the holdover that the landlord could not reasonably avoid, unless equitable considerations justify relief.
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…established, and so long as the nature of the claim and of the relief sought does not make the individual participation of each injured party indispensable to proper resolution of the cause, the association may be an appropriate representative of its members, entitled to invoke the court's jurisdiction. A Petitioner…