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New / Upstart Businesses Permitted to Pursue Lost Profits claim

8/23/2022

 
Good news for new / upstart businesses embroiled in litigation seeking lost profits as part of their damages. New Jersey has joined the ranks of the majority of states recognizing that there should not exist a "per se ban on claims by new businesses for lost profits damages . . .."

It has been the standard in New Jersey to bar claims for lost profits where same were remote, uncertain, or speculative. However, the Supreme Court has recently held that whenever a new or upstart business pursues a claim for damages of lost profits, such claims require a "fact-sensitive analysis of the evidence [to] decide whether plaintiffs can prove lost profits damages with reasonable certainty." In applying its new rule the Court explained: "if the trial court determines that plaintiffs' lost profits evidence is sufficient to establish their claim for damages with reasonable certainty despite plaintiffs' inexperience in developing [its new business], it should deny defendants' motions to bar the evidence and for summary judgment. If the court does not view plaintiffs' proofs to meet that test, it should grant defendants' motions and dismiss the complaints."
(Larry Schwartz v. Nicolas Menas, Esq. A-54/55-20)

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