Actual Damages Trap
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Real Property1
Example wrong choices
14915_selah_orchard_deposit · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice Amust return the $6,000 to Daniel, because Daniel was legally justified in refusing to close.
Why it's attractive
Daniel could still buy the cottage; the job move changes convenience, not objective possibility.
Why it's wrong
Daniel could still buy the cottage; the job move changes convenience, not objective possibility.
14915_selah_orchard_deposit · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice Cmust return the $6,000 to Daniel, because Lydia can no longer carry out her contract with Daniel.
Why it's attractive
The resale happened after Daniel refused to close.
Why it's wrong
The resale happened after Daniel refused to close.
14915_selah_orchard_deposit · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice Dmust return $3,000 to Daniel, because Lydia's loss on the resale was only $3,000.
Why it's attractive
The math is true, but the contract chose a liquidated damages remedy.
Why it's wrong
The math is true, but the contract chose a liquidated damages remedy.
Practice the questions that use this trap as a distractor and get full Wrong Answer Forensics on submit.
Practice questions using this trap →