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Business Law: Ch 12 Contracts: Breach and Remedies

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What are the four broad categories of damages?   Compensatory, Consequential, Punitive, and Nominal  
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Describe Compensatory damages:   Compensates nonbreaching party for loss of the bargain.  
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What is the standard measure of compensatory damages?   difference between contract and market price  
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Describe Consequential damages:   foreseeable losses - Breaching party is aware or should be aware, cause the injury party additional loss.  
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Describe Punitive Damages   deter wrongdoer, set example  
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Describe Nominal Damages   No actual damage occurs, usually $1, for a technical injury  
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Explain Mitigation of Damages   When breach of contract occurs, the innocent injured party is held to a duty to reduce the damages that he or she suffered.  
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Define Liquidated Damages   specific amount agreed to be paid as damages in the event of future breach. (In a clause in contract)  
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Define penalties   designed to penalize, generally unenforceable  
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What are two questions court asks if a clause is enforceable?   1.When the contract was entered into, was it apparent damages would be difficult to estimate in the event of a breach? 2.Was the amount set as damages a reasonable estimate and not excessive?  
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Sometimes damages are inadequate remedy; courts can create ___________   equitable remedies  
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What are the four equitable remedies?   Rescission, Restitution, Specific Performance, and Reformation  
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Describe Rescission   Remedy whereby a contract is canceled and the parties are restored to the original positions that they occupied prior to the transactions  
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Describe Restitution   both parties must return goods, property, or money previously conveyed.  
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Describe Specific Performance   calling for the performance of the act promised in the contract.  
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Describe Reformation   Equitable remedy allowing a contract to be reformed, or rewritten to reflect the parties true intentions. Available when an agreement is imperfectly expressed in writing.  
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In what scenario is the equitable remedy reformation most likely used?   fraud or mutual mistake  
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Describe Quasi Contract   No actual contract exists, court will create one in the interests of fairness and justice (usually granted in good faith)  
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[Recovery based on Quasi Contract] To recover, party seeking recovery must show   1.Party conferred benefit on other party. 2.Party conferred the benefit with reasonable expectation of payment  
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