§ 336.2A-520 — Lessee's Incidental and Consequential Damages
Plain-Language Summary
The lessee may recover incidental damages (costs incurred because of the lessor's breach) and consequential damages (losses the lessor had reason to know about), including personal injury from consumer goods.
336.2A-520 LESSEE’S INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
(1) Incidental damages resulting from a lessor’s default include expenses reasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation, and care and custody of goods rightfully rejected or goods the acceptance of which is justifiably revoked, any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions in connection with effecting cover, and any other reasonable expense incident to the default.
(2) Consequential damages resulting from a lessor’s default include:
(a) any loss resulting from general or particular requirements and needs of which the lessor at the time of contracting had reason to know and which could not reasonably be prevented by cover or otherwise; and
(b) injury to person or property proximately resulting from any breach of warranty.
History:
1989 c 232 art 1 s 2A-520
History: History: 1989 c 232 art 1 s 2A-520