First Construction Company Agrees to Build a Complete Assembly Line

question 37

Multiple Choice

First Construction Company agrees to build a complete assembly line for Plastic Moulds Inc. by April of that year. A term of the contract states: "If First Construction fails to complete the assembly line by April 1, it will pay Plastic Moulds the sum of $5,000 per day until completion. This sum is agreed by First Construction to be liquidated damages and not a penalty." Plastic Moulds knows that its real damage will likely be $500 per day, but it wants to give First Construction a little incentive to make the deadline. However, First Construction is late. Which of the following is true?

• A)The clause is enforceable because the parties have agreed that it is a liquidated damages clause.
• B)The clause is enforceable because Plastic Moulds is entitled to use it to provide incentive to First Construction.
• C)The clause is not enforceable because it is not a genuine pre-estimate of damages.
• D)The clause is enforceable because it is a genuine pre-estimate of damages.
• E)Both A and D

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