Kenford Co. v. County of Erie

In Kenford Co. v. County of Erie, 73 NY2d 312, 319, 537 NE2d 176, 540 NYS2d 1 (1989), the Court stated that "in order to impose on the defaulting party a further liability than for damages which naturally and directly flow from the breach, i.e., in the ordinary course of things, arising from a breach of contract, such unusual or extraordinary damages must have been brought within the contemplation of the prties as the probable result of a breach at the time of or prior to contracting" (73 NY2d at 319).