The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXIX
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 672
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SALES

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F.S. 672.712

672.712 “Cover”; buyer’s procurement of substitute goods.—

(1) After a breach within the preceding section the buyer may “cover” by making in good faith and without unreasonable delay any reasonable purchase of or contract to purchase goods in substitution for those due from the seller.

(2) The buyer may recover from the seller as damages the difference between the cost of cover and the contract price together with any incidental or consequential damages as hereinafter defined (s. 672.715), but less expenses saved in consequence of the seller’s breach.

(3) Failure of the buyer to effect cover within this section does not bar her or him from any other remedy.

History.—s. 1, ch. 65-254; s. 608, ch. 97-102.

Note.—s. 2-712, U.C.C.

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Amendments to 672.712

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 672.712

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 672.712.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

GULF POWER COMPANY, v. COALSALES II, LLC, f. k. a., 522 F. App'x 699 (11th Cir. 2013)

. . . . § 672.712, which provides: (1) After a breach within the preceding section the buyer may “cover” by . . . Stat. § 672.712. . . . lower-sulfur coal is not the kind of “expenses saved” contemplated in the cover remedy formula of § 672.712 . . .

In SAV- A- STOP INCORPORATED, SAV- A- STOP INCORPORATED, v. MAYFAIR SUPER MARKETS, INC., 119 B.R. 317 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 1990)

. . . Section 672.712 provides for cover. . . . Thus, a buyer complaining of non-delivery can proceed under either §§ 672.712 or 672.713. . . . Section 672.712(2) provides the measure of damages: The buyer may recover from the seller as damages . . . That leaves Section 672.712 as the only remedy. . . . Section 672.712(2) provides that the measure of damages is the difference between the contract price . . .

FULL CIRCLE SERVICE, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF LICENSE AND BOND d b a, 556 So. 2d 757 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

. . . See Uniform Commercial Code, § 672.712, Fla.Stat. (1987). . . .

B. NYQUIST v. RANDALL,, 819 F.2d 1014 (11th Cir. 1987)

. . . correct that “cover” is a very specific term and refers to the purchase of substitute goods, see § 672.712 . . .

EDEN v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN AIR FREIGHT, INC., 19 Fla. Supp. 2d 74 (Orange Cty. Ct. 1986)

. . . Stat. 672.712(2) and not consequential damages. . . .

MASON DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. ENCAPSULATIONS, INC., 484 So. 2d 1275 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Florida Statute, § 672.712(1) (1983) provides: “(1) After a breach within the preceding section the buyer . . .

E. PARSONS G. v. MOTOR HOMES OF AMERICA, INC., 465 So. 2d 1285 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . remedies include, (1) cancellation — Section 672.612; (2) “cover” and damages for non-delivery — Sections 672.712 . . .

SHREVE LAND COMPANY, INC. a v. J D FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a, 421 So. 2d 722 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . In computing the measure of damages, we look to section 672.712, Florida Statutes (1979), which allows . . .

FABRICA ITALIANA LAVORAZIONE MATERIE ORGANICHE, S. A. S. v. KAISER ALUMINUM CHEMICAL CORPORATION,, 684 F.2d 776 (11th Cir. 1982)

. . . .-711 and 672.712 for loading on the UEL-EN, but by the time the UELEN reached the loading berth, the . . . U.C.C. § 2-712, F.S.A. .§ 672.712. . . .

L. GOODELL v. K. T. ENTERPRISES, LTD., 394 So. 2d 1087 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . only his deposit on the contract, the trial court should have allowed Goodell “cover” under Section 672.712 . . . First, we think Goodell presented an unrebutted prima facie case for “cover” under Section 672.712 which . . .