Question juridique clé
Whether the distributors proved compensable damage caused by delayed deliveries in 2001.
Solution extraite
No. The court held that the alleged loss of sales was not sufficiently substantiated and the causal link to the delivery delays was not established.
Motifs extraits
A mere decline in turnover is insufficient; the appellants had to allege and prove, as far as possible, which transactions were lost because of the delays and the corresponding loss. The record did not make the damage practically certain.