Pine Trees, Inc

In addition to the financial data provided by Mr. Washington below, please read parts of the Gould Commercial Code and the cases attached in the legal library. Before Ms. Marcus replies to Mr. Washington, write an objective report to her (refer

to the report guidelines on the Gateway web site). (Assume that the applicable precedent is from the fictional jurisdiction of the state of

Gould).
In preparing your report you may wish to review business law concepts 1, 2 and 10 and statistics concepts 1, 2, 3 and 9.

Please do analyze on legal aspect part. Based upon the legal precedents set in the Pine Trees Inc. Determine if the disclaimer contained in

the Purchase Order Acknowledgement is valid or invalid. Also, address whether Pine could be held liable for the lost profits assuming that

the consequential damages clause is deemed not part of the contract, and that the delivery crew was negligent in decorating the tree.

Also, please do the conclusion part is one which responds to the report’s purpose, and how the report has achieved it.

Week of     Expenses      Revenues      Profit
6-Dec-04    103,084     122,533     19,449
13-Dec-04    99,584     131,036
20-Dec-04    94,936     137,813
27-Dec-04    100,757     114,495
3-Jan-05    102,736     120,579
10-Jan-05    94,866     182,122
17-Jan-05    96,158     137,983
24-Jan-05    97,013     104,668
31-Jan-05    97,796     117,807
7-Feb-05    106,315     157,735
14-Feb-05    92,307     145,685
21-Feb-05    89,923     129,758
28-Feb-05    100,546     130,642
7-Mar-05    99,270     85,895
14-Mar-05    98,632     125,994
21-Mar-05    100,273     113,194
28-Mar-05    100,006     127,209
4-Apr-05    105,531     114,713
11-Apr-05    92,774     145,468
18-Apr-05    103,169     151,959
25-Apr-05    105,794     68,623
2-May-05    98,534     126,485
9-May-05    97,474     97,000
16-May-05    102,492     121,350
23-May-05    105,295     137,074
30-May-05    99,640     152,589
6-Jun-05    101,201     153,171
13-Jun-05    99,726     136,244
20-Jun-05    96,206     101,012
27-Jun-05    100,878     156,135
4-Jul-05    99,439     125,567
11-Jul-05    95,537     154,901
18-Jul-05    105,354     128,439
25-Jul-05    89,897     116,745
1-Aug-05    91,257     168,639
8-Aug-05    104,675     148,706
15-Aug-05    93,216     141,687
22-Aug-05    102,284     141,879
29-Aug-05    103,959     106,889
5-Sep-05    97,823     169,328
12-Sep-05    97,765     126,747
19-Sep-05    108,032     154,728
26-Sep-05    101,433     162,576
3-Oct-05    96,548     138,661
10-Oct-05    93,295     158,689
17-Oct-05    100,227     135,165
24-Oct-05    97,876     112,240
31-Oct-05    102,985     118,904
7-Nov-05    100,099     141,778
14-Nov-05    102,245     161,104
21-Nov-05    102,353     140,226
28-Nov-05    105,811     133,108