Section 3 Measure of Damages

• Library: Damages 2012

“[T]he appropriate measure of damages for the breach of an employment contract is the contract price for services to be rendered minus the income the employee earned, or with diligence could have earned, during the contract term.” Hendler v. Manageable Info. Sys., Inc., 838 S.W.2d 486, 488 (Mo. App. E.D. 1992) (citing Phipps v. Sch. Dist. of Kansas City, 645 S.W.2d 91, 105 (Mo. App. W.D. 1982)).

An employee has the duty to make reasonable efforts to minimize damages. Spencer v. Millstone Marina, Inc., 890...