HARRY E. WOOD AND ASSOCIATES v. CHARITY HOSP. OF LOUISIANA AT NEW ORLEANS

No. 84-C-1303.

462 So.2d 137 (1985)

HARRY E. WOOD AND ASSOCIATES v. CHARITY HOSPITAL OF LOUISIANA AT NEW ORLEANS and the Office of/and Department of Health and Human Resources.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Harding Kennedy, Staff Atty., Dept. of Health & Human Resources, New Orleans, for defendants-applicants.

Philip S. Brooks, Metairie, Bruce M. Danner, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-respondents.


LEMMON, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this breach of contract case primarily to review the lower courts' methods of measuring damages. We now conclude that the award of the trial court, as amended by the court of appeal, fairly represents the damages contemplated by the parties at the inception of the contract, and we accordingly affirm.

Plaintiff contracted with defendant to install at Charity Hospital an energy-saving device known as an "Eldon Heater...

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