Incidental damages refers to the type of
legal damages that are reasonably associated with, or related to, actual damages.
In
American commercial law
Commercial law (or business law), which is also known by other names such as mercantile law or trade law depending on jurisdiction; is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of Legal person, persons and organizations ...
, incidental damages are a seller's commercially reasonable expenses incurred in stopping delivery or in transporting and caring for goods after a buyer's
breach of contract
Breach of contract is a legal cause of action and a type of civil wrong, in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other part ...
, or a buyer's expenses reasonably incurred, e.g., searching for and obtaining substitute goods.
[(UCC Sec. 2-715(1)).]
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