Consequential damages

The question is what you paid in total to get what you were promised, minus what you agreed to pay.

The second category is consequential damages, sometimes called special damages.

These are losses that flow from the breach, but are outside the contract itself.

Lost profits are the classic example.

Now, here's the thing.

Expectation damages calculated straight can get very large, very fast.

Consequential damages, in particular, can spiral.

Every lost customer, every downstream deal, every business that failed because a shipment was late.