When you sign a contract, you are agreeing to assume certain legal obligations that would not have otherwise applied to you (such as delivering goods by a certain date, for example). A breach of contract occurs when one party fails to meet their contractual obligations, thereby breaking or breaching the contract.
In some cases, it is very clear that the contract has been breached, but in other cases you may need considerable litigation to determine whether a breach even occurred. In Florida, there are three elements that are necessary to prove a breach of contract. They include:
- There must be a valid contract in existence
- There has been a “material” breach of an obligation under the contract by the other party involved in said contract
- There were damages resulting from the breach of contract.
