Question: Kent Corp. ( KC ) , a general contractor building a new dorm at Georgia Northeastern University, contracted with Fine Rugs Inc. ( FRI )

Kent Corp. (KC), a general contractor building a new dorm at Georgia Northeastern University, contracted with Fine Rugs Inc. (FRI) to have a certain grade of industrial rugs installed in the dorm. The contract price was $180,000, payable $60,000 at the signing of the contract, $60,000 upon delivery of the materials to the job site, and $60,000 upon completion. After the rugs were installed, KC refused to pay any of the $60,000 final payment on the grounds that FRI had failed to install quarter round along the walls per the terms of the contract. The quarter round installation was called for in the contract, but FRI workers had simply forgotten to install it. For the sake of this question, assume that a court would rule that the carpeting job was worth $178,000 as completed without the quarter round and would have been worth $180,000 had the contract been performed perfectly with the quarter round and that the court also would rule that it would cost $1,000 to have a contractor install quarter round. Quarter round is a small piece of trim that is relatively easy to install. Under these facts, FRI should receive $59,000 from KC.
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