Consolidated Boring Corporation ships its only pump to Drills & Bits Inc. ,the manufacturer,for repair.Consolidated hires Everywhere Shipping,Inc. ,to take the pump to Drills & Bits and to return it to Consolidated as soon as the repair is complete.Consolidated is forced to suspend operations without a pump,but Everywhere Shipping does not know this.Consolidated expects to be without the pump for five days and to lose profits of $5,000.When the pump is not returned by the end of the fifth day,Consolidated rents a pump at a cost of $100 per day.Everywhere Shipping delays five more days before returning the pump.Consolidated files a suit against Everywhere Shipping,asking for compensatory,consequential,and punitive damages.Will Consolidated recover?
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