Incidental Damages are a type of legal damages, (money claimed by, ordered to be paid to, a person as compensation for loss or injury), that are reasonably associated with or related to actual damages.

In American commercial law

Commercial law

Commercial law is the body of law that governs business and commercial transactions...

, incidental damages are a seller's commercially reasonable expenses incurred in stopping delivery or in transporting and caring for goods after a buyer's breach of contract

Breach of contract

Breach of contract is a legal cause of action in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other party's performance....

, (UCC

Uniform Commercial Code

The Uniform Commercial Code , first published in 1952, is one of a number of uniform acts that have been promulgated in conjunction with efforts to harmonize the law of sales and other commercial transactions in all 50 states within the United States of America.The goal of harmonizing state law is...

Sec. 2-710) or a buyer's expenses reasonably incurred in caring for goods after a seller's breach of contract. (UCC Sec. 2-715(1)).