Concrete Company agrees to lay a foundation for Diamond Properties, but fails to finish the job. Diamond hires Earth Projects Inc. to complete the work. In a suit for breach, Diamond may recover from Concrete
A)nothing.
B)the contract price.
C)the costs needed to complete construction.
D)profits plus the costs incurred up to the time of the breach.

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Diamond may recover the costs needed to complete construction from Concrete Company because Concrete failed to fulfill its contractual obligation, necessitating Diamond to hire another company to finish the work. This recovery aims to put Diamond in the position it would have been in had Concrete completed the job as agreed.

Concrete Company Agrees to Lay a Foundation for Diamond Properties