Business Law and the Legal Environment 7th Edition by Jeffrey Beatty,Susan Samuelson

Exercise 10

A manufacturer delivers a new tractor to Farmer Ted on the first day of the harvest season-but the tractor will not start. It takes two weeks for the right parts to be delivered and installed. The repair bill comes to $1,000. During the two weeks, some acres of Farmer Ted's crops die. He argues in court that his lost profit on those acres is $60,000. If a jury awards $1,000 for tractor repairs, it will be in the form of_________ damages. If it awards $60,000 for the lost crops, it will be in the form of __________damages. (a) direct; direct
(b) direct; consequential
(c) consequential; direct
(d) consequential; consequential
(e) direct; incidental