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Nonpecuniary Loss and Breach of Contract

THE breach of a contract for the sale of a consumer good or service may frequently result in nonpecuniary loss other than physical injury. For example, when a film processor loses home movies, the value of the loss to the owner of the movies will exceed the value of the film or the cost of the processing service.1 A vacationer who buys a package vacation may suffer losses in excess of the price of the package if the vacation is unpleasant.2 In some jurisdictions courts have reluctantly compensated victims of breach of contract for "mental anguish," but they have been careful to limit this compensation to certain types of noncommercial contracts.3 The measurement problem has, no doubt, played an important role in restraining the courts, but nonpecuniary losses raise more interesting economic issues as well. The Case of the Anxious Alumnus, discussed by Goetz and Scott,4 offers the best illustration of a situation in which nonpecuniary loss will occur if a contract is breached. The alumnus is chartering a bus for $500 to transport himself and other fans to a championship basketball game in