Case Name: Charles MARCHESE and Joan F. Marchese, his wife, Appellants, v. Floyd R. TAYLOR, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1971-09-23
Citations: 252 So. 2d 820
Docket Number: No. 70-734
Parties: Charles MARCHESE and Joan F. Marchese, his wife, Appellants, v. Floyd R. TAYLOR, Appellee.
Judges: REED, C. J., and WALDEN and OWEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 252
Pages: 820–820

Head Matter:
Charles MARCHESE and Joan F. Marchese, his wife, Appellants, v. Floyd R. TAYLOR, Appellee.
No. 70-734.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 23, 1971.
Michael O’Haire, of Smith, Heath, Smith & O’Haire, Vero Beach, for appellants.
Charles A. Sullivan, Vero Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
An incorrect measure of damages was employed in this breach of a building contract case, and this was the only error discerned.
After the trial of this case this Court decided Ballard v. Krause, Fla.App.1971, 248 So.2d 233. We held that a contractor's measure of damages when an owner wrongfully terminated a contract was either lost profit that would have been realized and costs reasonably incurred in good faith in partial performance of the contract, or quantum meruit, along with the refinements found in the published opinion.
The final judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial on the issue of damages, only.
Reversed and remanded.
REED, C. J., and WALDEN and OWEN, JJ., concur.