When a Client Breaches a Contract with a Construction Contractor

Multiple Choice

When a client breaches a contract with a construction contractor in the early phase of construction,what is the contractor generally able to recover?

A) the amount of the contract price
B) only the out-of-pocket costs incurred by the contractor up to the time of the breach
C) the amount necessary to provide the same profit to the contractor that the contractor would have earned if the contract were fully performed
D) three times the contract price as punitive damages
E) the amount determined by the court to have been a fair profit on the contract