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Mary's Attic Is Being Invaded by Raccoons Through a Hole

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Mary's attic is being invaded by raccoons through a hole in the roof. Therefore, she hires Daech Roofing to repair her roof and make the attic raccoon proof for $1000.00 to which they agree. On the day that they were supposed to repair the roof, the worker actually just takes a day long nap in the attic and never completes the job. Mary leaves on her vacation believing that her raccoon problem has been solved. Two weeks later she returns home only to find that the raccoons entered into her house through the attic and proceeded into the rest of the house and destroyed it. The carpet was destroyed as was all of her furniture by the raccoons' activities. Which statement below is correct?


A) She could only sue for the $1000.00 as they did not actually perform the job.
B) She could sue for the actual costs of the contract itself as well as the consequential damages that flowed from that breach which included the destruction by the raccoons of her carpeting and furniture.
C) She could sue for pain and suffering in addition to the $1000.00 actual out of pocket loss.
D) She could sue for $1000.00 actual loss, pain and suffering and the damage to her carpeting, but not her furniture.

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