Assignment task:
a. Hank offers Jessie $50,000 to install a GHK industrial air filtration unit at his warehouse next month. The unit costs approximately $25,000 and the labor makes up the remaining $25,000. Jessie says he can do it except that it will have to be a BVF unit instead because GHK units are currently out-of-stock. If Hank says nothing else and Jessie installs the BVF unit, do Hank and Jessie have a contract? Why or why not? (Start at the beginning and go through it step-by-step)
b. National Drilling Company orders a new pump because its old pump broke. National hires Overland Shipping Company to deliver the pump within 5 days. National is forced to suspend operations without a pump, but Overland does not know this. National expects to be without the pump for five days and lose profits of $1,000/day due to the shutdown. When the pump is not delivered by the end of the fifth day, National becomes desperate and is able to rent a pump from a competitor at a cost of $500 per day. Overland delays delivery by five more days (10 days total) before the pump finally arrives at National. National files a suit against Overland for contract breach, and asks for compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages. Will National win, and if so, what kind of damages are they likely to receive?