Opinion ID: 1679366
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Text: Although the articles in the Code on damages under Title IV on conventional obligations or contracts are primarily intended to govern contractual liability, La. Civ.Code Ann. art. 1994, comment (b) (West 1987), our objective search for rules to govern a tort case may involve looking for an analogy among codal rules, principles, concepts or statutory doctrines. See Geny, Methode d'Interpretation Et Sources In Droit Prive' Positif §§ 155, 156 (Trans.La. State Law Inst.1954); Bell v. Jet Wheel Blast, 462 So.2d 166 (La.1985) and other authorities cited, 462 So.2d at 170. Under these articles, damages are measured by the loss sustained by the obligee and the profit of which he has been deprived. La. Civ.Code Ann. art. 1995 (West 1987). An obligor in good faith is liable only for the damages that were foreseeable at the time the contract was made. La.Civ.Code Ann. art. 1996 (West 1987). An obligor in bad faith is liable for all the damages, foreseeable or not, that are a direct consequence of his failure to perform. La.Civ.Code Ann. art. 1997 (West 1987). An obligor is in bad faith if he intentionally or maliciously fails to perform his obligation. Id. at comment(b). When damages are insusceptible of precise measurement, much discretion shall be left to the court for the reasonable assessment of these damages. La.Civ. Code Ann. art. 1999 (West 1987).