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Appeals court revisits contract formation and remedies in Stonegate v. Tukard
Summary
Appellate argument focused on whether a September 2020 signed offer was an enforceable contract or merely a framework with material terms outstanding (closing date, environmental-lien responsibility, inclusion of a storage business). Parties disputed whether specific performance and delay damages could coexist; lower court's finding that the offer was binding was contested.
In Stonegate Group Management v. Tukard LLC, the panel examined whether a signed September 2020 offer constituted a binding contract or merely an agreement to negotiate subject to a later purchase-and-sale agreement. Defense counsel argued material terms—closing date, allocation of environmental liens and a self-storage business—remained undecided and that the trial court erred in awarding damages premised on…
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