WEST VIRGINIA CODE
WVC 46 - 2 A- 528
§46-2A-528. Lessor's damages for non-acceptance, failure to pay,
repudiation, or other default.
(1) Except as otherwise provided with respect to damages
liquidated in the lease agreement (section 2A-504) or otherwise
determined pursuant to agreement of the parties (sections 1-302 and
2A-503), if a lessor elects to retain the goods or a lessor elects
to dispose of the goods and the disposition is by lease agreement
that for any reason does not qualify for treatment under section
2A-527(2), or is by sale or otherwise, the lessor may recover from
the lessee as damages for a default of the type described in
section 2A-523(1) or 2A-523(3)(a), or, if agreed, for other default
of the lessee: (i) 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; (ii) the present value
as of the date determined under clause (I) of the total rent for
the then remaining lease term 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 (iii) any incidental damages allowed under section 2A-530, less
expenses saved in consequence of the lessee's default.
(2) If the measure of damages provided in subsection (1) of
this section is inadequate to put a lessor in as good a position as
performance would have, the measure of damages is the present value of the profit, including reasonable overhead, the lessor would have
made from full performance by the lessee, together with any
incidental damages allowed under section 2A-530, due allowance for
costs reasonably incurred and due credit for payments or proceeds
of disposition.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session