In promissory estoppel cases:
A) courts award compensatory and incidental damages.
B) courts generally award only reliance damages.
C) the restitution interest is primary, and courts generally award only restitution.
D) consequential and incidental damages are generally awarded.

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In promissory estoppel cases, courts generally award only reliance damages, which compensate the plaintiff for their expenses or losses incurred in reliance on the defendant's promise. The goal of this remedy is to put the plaintiff in the position they would have been in had the promise never been made, rather than to enforce the promise itself. Therefore, consequential and incidental damages are not generally awarded, and the restitution interest is usually unaffected.

In Promissory Estoppel Cases