All Causation Is Recoverable
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
- Contracts1
Example wrong choices
18483_conference-profits · CONTRACTS · Choice AYes, because all losses that actually follow a breach are recoverable.
Why it's attractive
The word 'all' makes this rule too broad on its face—contract damages are limited by foreseeability.
Why it's wrong
The word 'all' makes this rule too broad on its face—contract damages are limited by foreseeability.
18483_conference-profits · CONTRACTS · Choice BNo, because lost profits are recoverable only in UCC goods cases.
Why it's attractive
The word 'only' invents a limitation that does not exist—common-law contracts allow lost-profits recovery.
Why it's wrong
The word 'only' invents a limitation that does not exist—common-law contracts allow lost-profits recovery.
18483_conference-profits · CONTRACTS · Choice DYes, because Lydia learned of the conference profits before trial.
Why it's attractive
Knowledge before trial is not the test—the timing gate is at contracting.
Why it's wrong
Knowledge before trial is not the test—the timing gate is at contracting.
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