Topic: absolute certainty about the amount of damage is not necess… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 6 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from City of Chicago v. Michigan Beach Housing Cooperative.

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1 City of Chicago v. Michigan Beach Housing Cooperative Anchor
illappct · 1998
green “absolute certainty about the amount of damage is not necessary to justify a recovery if damage is shown, but damages may not be predicated on 'mere speculation, hypothesis, conjecture or whim.” 3
2 In Re Application of Busse
illappct · 1984
green “mere speculation, hypothesis, conjecture or whim.” 3

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