4540. Contractor's Damages for Breach of Construction Contract-- Change Orders/Extra Work Instruction No 1 Request by Plaintiff Given as Proposed Refused Withdrawn Request by Defendant Given as Modified Requested by Given on Court's Motion Judge Instruction No 1 [Name of plaintiff] contends that [name of defendant] increased or changed the scope of the [project/describe construction project, e.g., apartment building] beyond what was required by the parties' contract. If you find that [name of plaintiff] is entitled to compensation for this extra work, you may award damages to [name of plaintiff] based on [the agreed price provided in the parties' contract for/the reasonable value of] the extra work. ________________________________________________________________________________ New December 2010