2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code
Article 2A - Leases
Section 42a-2A-721 - Lessor’s damages for nonacceptance, failure to pay or repudiation.

(a) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages liquidated in the lease agreement under section 42a-2A-710 or otherwise determined by agreement of the parties under sections 42a-1-302 and 42a-2A-711, if a lessor elects to retain the goods or elects to dispose of the goods and the disposition is by lease agreement that for any reason does not qualify for treatment under subsection (b) of section 42a-2A-720 or is by sale or otherwise, the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages for a default of the type described in subsection (a) or subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 42a-2A-716 or, if agreed, for other default of the lessee:

(1) Accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of default if the lessee has never taken possession of the goods, or, if the lessee has taken possession of the goods, as of the date the lessor repossesses the goods or an earlier date on which the lessee makes a tender of the goods to the lessor;

(2) The present value, as of the date determined under subdivision (1) of this subsection, of the total rent for the then remaining period of the original lease agreement, minus the present value as of the same date of the market rent at the place where the goods are located computed for the same lease term; and

(3) Any incidental or consequential damages allowed under section 42a-2A-706 or 42a-2A-707, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee’s default.

(b) If the measure of damages provided in subsection (a) of this section or section 42a-2A-720 is inadequate under subsection (a) of section 42a-2A-704, a lessor may recover damages measured by other than the market price or the amount received on a disposition of the goods, together with incidental and consequential damages, including:

(1) The present value of lost profits, including reasonable overhead, resulting from the default of the lessee determined in any reasonable manner; and

(2) Reasonable expenditures made in preparing for or performing the contract.

(P.A. 02-131, S. 74; P.A. 05-109, S. 28.)

History: P.A. 05-109 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to Sec. 42a-1-102(3) with reference to Sec. 42a-1-302 to conform to revisions made to article 1 by the same act.