Section 4 Prima Facie Damages

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The employee’s prima facie damages are the contract price for the term of the contract. Phipps v. Sch. Dist. of Kansas City, 645 S.W.2d 91, 105 (Mo. App. W.D. 1982). Damages include not only lost wages, but also bonuses and fringe benefits provided for in the contract. When the contract provides for a percentage
of net profits, damages for loss of anticipated profits “are recoverable only when they are made reasonably certain by proof of actual facts which present data for a rational estimate of such...