· 1/18/2007
Forester v. State Board
Citations
- 36 A.D.3d 1127
- 828 N.Y.S.2d 644
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding under Sec. 2-719 that failure of limited remedy does not invalidate consequential damages exclusion
- stating that party suing for breach of contract “is entitled to the benefit of [the] bargain as written and is entitled to damages for the loss caused by failure to perform the stipulated bargain”
- finding similar contract language excluding consequential damages and limiting the remedy to repair or replacement in a sales contract not unconscionable
- noting that a limited remedy fails its essential purpose “whenever an exclusive remedy, which may have appeared fair and reasonable at the inception of the contract, as a result of later circumstances operates to deprive a party of a substantial benefit of the bargain.”
- finding similar contractual language excluding consequential damages and limiting the remedy to repair or replacement in a sales contract not unconscionable
- disallowing recovery for the “cost of repairs to put the [product] into reasonably operable condition”
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Judges: III
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