Tort Law
Tort Law that loss of use is based on:
Restatement (Second) of Torts #931, comment (b) p. 552 (1979). The owner
of the subject matter is entitled to recover as damages for the loss of
the value of the use, at least the rental value of the chattel or land
during the period of deprivation. This is true even though the owner in
fact has suffered no harm through the deprivation, as where he was not
using the subject matter at the time or had a substitute that he used
without additional expense to him.