Section 15.33 Lost Profits

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E. (§15.33) Lost Profits

If loss of profits as a result of the tortious destruction of the plaintiff’s business was foreseeable to the defendant, it is ordinarily cognizable in tort liability, and Missouri courts find it to be compensable. Hales v. Green Colonial, Inc., 490 F.2d 1015, 1022 (8^th Cir. 1974) (applying Missouri law); Chubb Grp. of Ins. Cos. v. C.F. Murphy & Assocs., Inc., 656 S.W.2d 766, 781 (Mo. App. W.D. 1983) (tenants in a leasehold can sue for lost profits resulting from damage to that...