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A brick mason was hired by a builder under a written one-year contract, at an annual salary of 45,000,withemploymenttobeginonMarch1.BecausethebuilderwasunabletosecureenoughbuildingcontractstokeepallitsemployeesbusyduringtheseasonbeginningMarch1,itnotifiedthebrickmasononFebruary15thatitcouldnotaffordtoemployhimasamason.Atthesametime,however,thebuilderofferedtoemploythemason,forthesamecontractperiod,asanightguardatanannualsalaryof45,000, with employment to begin on March 1. Because the builder was unable to secure enough building contracts to keep all its employees busy during the season beginning March 1, it notified the brick mason on February 15 that it could not afford to employ him as a mason. At the same time, however, the builder offered to employ the mason, for the same contract period, as a night guard at an annual salary of 25,000. The mason declined the offer and remained unemployed during the year. No offer and remained unemployed during the year. No employment for brick masons was available in the community during the year, but the mason could have obtained other employment as a day laborer that would have paid up to $25,000 a year. At the end of the year, in an action against the builder for breach of contract, how much, if anything, is the mason entitled to recover?
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A brick mason was hired by a builder under a written one-year contract, at an annual salary of 45,000,withemploymenttobeginonMarch1.BecausethebuilderwasunabletosecureenoughbuildingcontractstokeepallitsemployeesbusyduringtheseasonbeginningMarch1,itnotifiedthebrickmasononFebruary15thatitcouldnotaffordtoemployhimasamason.Atthesametime,however,thebuilderofferedtoemploythemason,forthesamecontractperiod,asanightguardatanannualsalaryof25,000. The mason declined the offer and remained unemployed during the year. No offer and remained unemployed during the year. No employment for brick masons was available in the community during the year, but the mason could have obtained other employment as a day laborer that would have paid up to $25,000 a year. At the end of the year, in an action against the builder for breach of contract, how much, if anything, is the mason entitled to recover?
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A brick mason was hired by a builder under a written one-year contract, at an annual salary of $45,000, with employment to begin on March 1. Because the builder was unable to secure enough building contracts to keep all its employees busy during the season beginning March 1, it notified the brick mason on February 15 that it could not afford to employ him as a mason. At the same time, however, the builder offered to employ the mason, for the same contract period, as a night guard at an annual salary of $25,000. The mason declined the offer and remained unemployed during the year. No offer and remained unemployed during the year. No employment for brick masons was available in the community during the year, but the mason could have obtained other employment as a day laborer that would have paid up to $25,000 a year. At the end of the year, in an action against the builder for breach of contract, how much, if anything, is the mason entitled to recover?

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  1. $20,000 (the difference between the mason's contract price and the salary offered for the night guard position).
  2. $45,000 (the contract price).
  3. Nothing, because the mason turned down a reasonable alternative employment offer.
  4. Nothing, because the mason did not mitigate his damages.
  5. $20,000 (the $45,000 contract price less the $25,000 the mason could have earned in other employment).
  6. $45,000 plus damages for emotional distress.
  7. Nothing, because the builder did not act in bad faith when it discharged the mason.
  8. $25,000 (the amount he could have earned as a day laborer).
  9. $45,000 minus any unemployment benefits the mason received during the year.
  10. $25,000 (the amount he could have earned as a night guard).

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