In breach of warranty cases, the buyer may seek remedies such as repair or replacement of the defective product, compensation for diminished value, or reimbursement for incidental and consequential damages.
Discharge of a contract by breach occurs when one party fails to fulfill its obligations or violates the terms and conditions of the contractual agreement. It can either be a material breach or a minor breach.
The principle of assessing loss for a breach of warranty claim is consistent with the normal principle of compensatory damages. The aim is to put the buyer into the position it would have been in had the warranties been true. This will likely include compensation for any loss.
The obligations under the contract continue to be binding. When the breach of contract is a serious breach or a breach of an essential term, the other party will have a right to terminate the contract or keep the contract going.
(3) A warranty is a stipulation collateral to the main purpose of the contract, the breach of which gives rise to a claim for damages but not to a right to reject the goods and treat the contract as repudiated.
Any breach of a condition will justify an immediate termination of the contract at common law on the basis that the breach is repudiatory. Warranties carry the least weight. No breach of a warranty can constitute a repudiatory breach and trigger a right to terminate.
Breach of condition Provided the term is a condition, the innocent party will be entitled to terminate the contract, no matter how minor the consequences of the breach. A breach of warranty, on the other hand, does not absolve the affected party from future performance, no matter how serious.
Either party may terminate this Agreement immediately upon notice to the other party if the other party materially breaches this Agreement, and such breach remains uncured more than thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice of such breach.
Discharge by breach: Occurs when one party fails to perform their obligations, thereby discharging the other party's obligations. Main two types: anticipatory breach (repudiatory breach) and actual breach.