In the law of damages, the remoteness principle generally limits recovery to loss that is:
Correct answer: B. Sufficiently connected to the breach
- A. Too unusual to be anticipated
- B. Sufficiently connected to the breach
- C. Always equal to the claim amount
- D. Automatically imposed as punishment
Explanation
The remoteness rule limits damages to loss that has a sufficient legal connection with the wrongful act and was reasonably foreseeable or within the relevant legal test. A claimant cannot normally recover every distant or speculative consequence.
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