Opinion ID: 2054217
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Change of Market Conditions Between Date of Breach and Trial

Text: In cases of wrongful death, e.g., In re Air Crash, or of permanent disability, e.g., Pfeifer, there obviously can be no actual damages attributable to a worker's post-injury, pre-trial work experience. However, in cases of partial disability, e.g., Deakle, or of anticipatory breach of a lease, an employee's actual work experience or a lessor's actual reletting efforts after the injury or breach, respectively, may reflect damages that do not square with an entirely prospective calculation as of the date of the injury or the breach. [19] Accordingly, if a leaseas in this caserequires a prospective calculation of all damages from the date of the breach, an unexpected down-turn in the real estate market could create actual damages during the period before trial that exceed the damages awardable for that period under the lease. See Leo, 57 F.2d at 340 (real estate values declined 25% to 30% between 1929 and 1931). [20] Absent a material change in the real estate market, however, between breach of the lease and the date of trial, damages calculated prospectively from the date of breach, theoretically, should equal actual damages during the pretrial period.