A California winery shipped its Rotgut Red wine to the House of Wines. The wine was improperly bottled, causing the wine to blow its corks and spew wine all over Wines' carpeting. In Wines' suit against the winery, the damages to the carpet will be considered:

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Consequential damages are foreseeable damages that result from the actions of the breaching party but are not a direct result of the breach itself. In this case, the wine spilling on the carpet is a direct result of the improperly bottled wine, but the damage to the carpet is a consequential damage. Therefore, it falls under choice B as consequential damages.

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