You have booked a hotel room for conference at a rate of $100 per day for five days.When you arrive to check in you are told that the hotel is full and that they overbooked and cannot supply you with a room.You are forced to go to the only hotel in town with available rooms and pay $150 per night.If you sue for damages:

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Compensatory damages are intended to put the plaintiff in the same position they would have been in had the contract been performed as promised. In this case, the promised rate was $100 per day for five days, which would have been a total of $500. Because the hotel's breach of contract caused the plaintiff to incur additional costs of $250, compensatory damages would be awarded in that amount.

You Have Booked a Hotel Room for Conference at a Rate