Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law Today 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller

Exercise 9

Right to Recover Damages. Woodridge USA Properties, L.P., bought eighty-seven commercial truck trailers from Southeast Trailer Mart, Inc. (STM). Gerald McCarty, an independent sales agent who arranged the deal, showed Woodridge the documents of title. They did not indicate that Woodridge was the buyer. Woodridge asked McCarty to sell the trailers, and within three months, they were sold. McCarty did not give the proceeds to Woodridge, however. Woodridge-without mentioning the title documents-asked STM to refund the contract price. STM refused. Does Woodridge have a right to recover damages from STM? Explain. [ Woodridge USA Properties, L.P. v. Southeast Trailer Mart, Inc., 2011 WL 303204 (11th Cir. 2011)] (See Remedies of the Seller or Lessor.)