Tennessee § 47-2-715 - Buyer's incidental and consequential damages.
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§ 47-2-715. Buyer's incidental and consequential damages.
Incidental damages resulting from the seller's breach include expenses reasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation and care and custody of goods rightfully rejected, any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions in connection with effecting cover and any other reasonable expense incident to the delay or other breach. Consequential damages resulting from the seller's breach include: any loss resulting from general or particular requirements and needs of which the seller at the time of contracting had reason to know and which could not reasonably be prevented by cover or otherwise; and injury to person or property proximately resulting from any breach of warranty. Acts 1963, ch. 81, § 1 (2-715). Prior Tennessee Law: §§ 47-1269, 47-1270. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Commercial Law, §§ 24, 32. Law Reviews. Breach of Implied Warranty: Has the Foreign/Natural Test Lost Its Bite?, 20 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 377 (1990). Contract Damages in Tennessee (Robert M. Lloyd), 69 Tenn. L. Rev. 837 (2002). Cited: Layman v. Keller Ladders, Inc., 224 Tenn. 396, 455 S.W.2d 594, 1970 Tenn. LEXIS 338 (1970); Cumberland Corp. v. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., 383 F. Supp. 595, 1973 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11437 (E.D. Tenn. 1973); Ford Motor Co. v. Moulton, 511 S.W.2d 690, 1974 Tenn. LEXIS 498 (Tenn. 1974); Great American Music Machine, Inc. v. Mid-South Record Pressing Co., 393 F. Supp. 877, 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14093 (M.D. Tenn. 1975); Fuller v. Orkin Exterminating Co., 545 S.W.2d 103, 1975 Tenn. App. LEXIS 207 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1975); Commercial Truck & Trailer Sales, Inc. v. McCampbell, 580 S.W.2d 765, 1979 Tenn. LEXIS 427 (Tenn. 1979); Hardimon v. Cullum & Maxey Camping Centers, Inc., 591 S.W.2d 771, 1980 Tenn. App. LEXIS 322 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1979); Harris Corp. v. Mallicote, 514 F. Supp. 7, 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16615 (E.D. Tenn. 1980); Haverlah v. Memphis Aviation, Inc., 674 S.W.2d 297, 1984 Tenn. App. LEXIS 3389 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1984); Seaton v. Lawson Chevrolet-Mazda, Inc., 821 S.W.2d 137, 1991 Tenn. LEXIS 440 (Tenn. 1991); Patton v. McHone, 822 S.W.2d 608, 1991 Tenn. App. LEXIS 564 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991); Aquascene, Inc. v. Noritsu Am. Corp., 831 F. Supp. 602, 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13411 (M.D. Tenn. 1993).
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Section 47-2-715 ("Buyer's incidental and consequential damages.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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