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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Definitions:

Loss of Wages

Compensation claimed by individuals for income not earned due to injury or wrongful termination.

Assault and Battery

Assault refers to the threat of immediate harm or offensive contact, while battery refers to the actual physical impact or offensive contact with another person.

Reasonable Apprehension

A justified fear or expectation based on objective circumstances or evidence.

Assault

A civil wrong that occurs when one person intentionally and voluntarily places another in fear or apprehension of an immediate, offensive physical harm. Assault does not require actual contact.