Precise Engineering Corporation Has a Contract with Quik Mart Stores

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Essay

Precise Engineering Corporation has a contract with Quik Mart Stores to provide customized software for Quik's inventory control system.Retail Outlets,Inc,Quik's competitor,induces Sam,a Precise subcon?trac?tor who is writing code for the Quik software,to delay delivery of the code for one week.As a result,Precise's delivery of the software is delayed,and Quik sustains $500,000 in lost profits.On what ground could Quik recover damages from Retail Outlets?

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