Exam 16: Contract Discharge and Remedies

Lily is a farmer.When bad weather destroys her crop,her obliga?tion to deliver it un?der an outstanding contract with Macro Food Corporation is

Specific performance is an equitable remedy requiring exactly the performance that was specified in a contract.

Punitive damages are generally available in contract disputes.

Ruth contracts to provide Stan with fifty hours of telepathic personal coaching.The state legisla?ture sub?sequently passes a law making tele?pathic personal coaching illegal.This law will

Earl holds 1,000 pounds of perishable fruit in storage for Fresh Food Corpo?ration.Fresh Food does not pay for the storage.Earl sells the fruit to Green Grocers,Inc.This sale represents

A party who substantially performs his or her duties under a con?tract can enforce the contract against the other party.

National Drilling Company ships its only pump to American Hydraulics Corporation,the manufacturer,for repair.National hires Overland Transport,Inc.,to take the pump to American Hydraulics and to return it to National as soon as the repair is complete.National is forced to sus?pend operations without a pump,but Overland does not know this.National expects to be without the pump for five days and to lose profits of $5,000.When the pump is not returned by the end of the fifth day,National rents a pump at a cost of $100 per day.Overland delays five more days before returning the pump.National files a suit against Overland,asking for compensatory,consequential,and punitive damages.Will National recover?

A material breach occurs when performance is substantial,but not complete.

A party seeking to recover in quasi contract must show that he or she has been unjustly enriched.

A contract for medical work is not a personal contract.

Clarice pays Damien $10,000 to design an ad campaign for her Sweetwater Coffee Stand chain.The next day,Damien tells Clarice that he has accepted a job in New York and cannot design her campaign.She files a suit against Damien.As compensatory damages,she can recover

After a contract is made,a supervening event may make performance impossible and discharge the contract.