Florida Statute 672.714 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 672
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SALES

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F.S. 672.714

672.714 Buyer’s damages for breach in regard to accepted goods.—

(1) Where the buyer has accepted goods and given notification (s. 672.607(3)) he or she may recover as damages for any nonconformity of tender the loss resulting in the ordinary course of events from the seller’s breach as determined in any manner which is reasonable.

(2) The measure of damages for breach of warranty is the difference at the time and place of acceptance between the value of the goods accepted and the value they would have had if they had been as warranted, unless special circumstances show proximate damages of a different amount.

(3) In a proper case any incidental and consequential damages under the next section may also be recovered.

History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 609, ch. 97-102.

Note.—s. 2-714, U.C.C.

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Smith v. WM. WRIGLEY JR. CO.

663 F. Supp. 2d 1336, 70 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 434, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 91699, 2009 WL 3172771

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Oct 1, 2009 | Docket: 2298828

Cited 27 times | Published

had if they had been as warranted." Fla. Stat. § 672.714. For the reasons discussed in the preceding section

Parsons v. Motor Homes of America

465 So. 2d 1285, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 576

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 7, 1985 | Docket: 1695098

Cited 19 times | Published

damages for breach in regard to accepted goods Section 672.714. We find that the Parsons were not foreclosed

B. Anders Nyquist and Harriet Nyquist v. Dale Randall, Donald Berry, Janet Melear, Etc.

819 F.2d 1014, 3 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 1823, 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 7774

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 19, 1987 | Docket: 882912

Cited 15 times | Published

“direct” damages recoverable under Fla.Stat.Ann. § 672.714(1) and denied defendant’s request for an instruction

Armadillo Distribution Enterprises, Inc. v. Hai Yun Musical Instruments Manufacture Co.

142 F. Supp. 3d 1245, 93 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 40, 88 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 41, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150398, 2015 WL 6750813

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Nov 5, 2015 | Docket: 64305140

Cited 7 times | Published

Armadillo alleges that, pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 672.714, it is entitled to direct damages in the amount

Bill Branch Chevrolet, Inc. v. Redmond

378 So. 2d 319, 28 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 56, 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 15413

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 4, 1980 | Docket: 1794747

Cited 7 times | Published

they had been as warranted," with good title. Section 672.714(2), Fla. Stat. (1977). Additionally, appellee

Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc. v. Conley

372 So. 2d 965, 26 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 860, 1979 Fla. App. LEXIS 15390

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 19, 1979 | Docket: 1695459

Cited 7 times | Published

Section 2-714 of the Uniform Commercial Code [Section 672.714, Florida Statutes]. "10. Plaintiff's damages

Paul Gottlieb & Co. v. Alps South Corp.

985 So. 2d 1, 64 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. 2d (West) 939, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 20245, 2007 WL 4462984

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 21, 2007 | Docket: 1673467

Cited 6 times | Published

precluded from receiving consequential damages. See § 672.714-.715. Comment (a) of the Restatement of Contracts

Halliburton Co. v. Eastern Cement Corp.

672 So. 2d 844, 1996 WL 93682

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 13, 1996 | Docket: 1764142

Cited 6 times | Published

Baxendale, 9 Exch. 341, 156 Eng.Rep. 145 (1854). Section 672.714(2) states that the measure of general damages

Estate of Harper v. ORLANDO FUN. HOME, INC.

366 So. 2d 126

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 9, 1979 | Docket: 1655630

Cited 6 times | Published

related thereto. (See F.S. 672.314; F.S. 672.315; F.S. 672.714 and F.S. 672.715). Affirmed in part and reversed

ADAM METAL SUPPLY v. Electrodex, Inc.

386 So. 2d 1316, 30 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 178

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 3, 1980 | Docket: 477114

Cited 4 times | Published

Florida Statutes (1979). Consequently, under Section 672.714, Florida Statutes (1979), it was entitled to

KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC. v. KHRISTOPHER DOUGHTY & KATARZYNA DZIEWIECIEN

242 So. 3d 1172

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 14, 2018 | Docket: 6333480

Cited 1 times | Published

consequential damages resulting from the breach. See § 672.714(2), (3), Fla. Stat. (2014); Bill Branch Chevrolet

Lawson v. Turner

404 So. 2d 424, 32 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 744

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 14, 1981 | Docket: 1783297

Cited 1 times | Published

implied warranty of title are set forth in Section 672.714(2) and (3), Florida Statutes (1973). Bill Branch

Channing v. Colonial Press of Miami, Inc.

457 So. 2d 588, 9 Fla. L. Weekly 2203, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 15556

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 16, 1984 | Docket: 64607417

Published

goods, thus affecting their value pursuant to Section 672.714(2), Florida Statutes (1983).