Case ID: so2d_529/html/1270-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "LETTS, Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

COUTINHO CONSTRUCTION, INC., Appellant, v. GRAPH DEVELOPMENT, INC., Appellee.
    No. 87-1977.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Aug. 24, 1988.
    Alexander J. Williams, Jr., of Chappell & Brandt, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
    Peter N. Hanna, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.
   LETTS, Judge.

This bench trial involved a general contractor and a subcontractor as adversaries. We hold that the measure of damages was improper because it was based on a percentage of completion.

The subcontractor was awarded $27,-000.00 predicated on proof of percentage of completion. We recently held that “percentage of completion is not the proper method to prove damages for the breach of a construction contract.” Brooks v. Holsombach, 525 So.2d 910 (Fla. 4th DCA 1988).

Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial on this issue. We affirm the trial court on the matter of the counterclaim.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

DOWNEY and STONE, JJ., concur.