4543. Contractors Damages Breach Of Construction Contract Owner-Caused Delay Acceleration

4543. Contractor's Damages for Breach of Construction Contract-- Owner-Caused Delay or Acceleration Instruction No 1 Request by Plaintiff Given as Proposed Refused Withdrawn Request by Defendant Given as Modified Requested by Given on Court's Motion Judge Instruction No 1 [Name of plaintiff] claims that [name of defendant] breached the parties' contract by [delaying/accelerating] [name of plaintiff]'s work, causing [name of plaintiff] harm. If you find that [name of defendant] [delayed/accelerated] the work, you may award damages to [name of plaintiff] for all harm caused by the [delay/acceleration], including the following: 1. Expenditures that [name of plaintiff] made for labor, services, equipment, or materials that [he/she/it] otherwise would not have made but for the [delay/acceleration]; Overhead that [name of plaintiff] otherwise would not have incurred but for the [delay/acceleration]; and Increase in the cost of labor, services, equipment, or materials already required under the contract that resulted from the [delay/acceleration]. 2. 3. ________________________________________________________________________________ New December 2010