Irreparable harm

Irreparable harm is a type of injury that cannot be adequately remedied by monetary damages. Examples include personal injury, damage to a company that threatens its existence, release of information like trade secrets that cannot be concealed once publicized, and injury to reputation.

The impending loss of a business opportunity is also considered to be irreparable harm, because the injury cannot be accurately measured. More generally, irreparable harm includes "'damage which can be estimated only by conjecture and not by an accurate pecuniary standard.'" West Penn Specialty MSO, Inc. v. Nolan, 1999 PA Super 218, 737 A.2d 295, 299 (Pa. Super. 1999)(quoting Sovereign Bank v. Harper, 449 Pa. Super. 578, 674 A.2d 1085, 1091 (Pa. Super. 1996)).