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S.C. Code Ann. § 36-2-719

Contractual modification or limitation of remedy

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 36–36 (519 sections).

Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case 843 F. Supp. 1027 - Myrtle Beach Pipeline Corp. v. Emerson Electric Co. (1993)

Most recently applied in In re Seagate Technology LLC Litigation (February 2017)

1962 Code SECTION 10.2-719; 1966 (54) 2716.

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(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section and of the preceding section (SECTION 36-2-718) on liquidation and limitation of damages,

(a) the agreement may provide for remedies in addition to or in substitution for those provided in this chapter and may limit or alter the measure of damages recoverable under this chapter, as by limiting the buyer's remedies to return of the goods and repayment of the price or to repair and replacement of nonconforming goods or parts; and

(b) resort to a remedy as provided is optional unless the remedy is expressly agreed to be exclusive, in which case it is the sole remedy.

(2) Where circumstances cause an exclusive or limited remedy to fail of its essential purpose, remedy may be had as provided in this act.

(3) Consequential damages may be limited or excluded unless the limitation or exclusion is unconscionable. Limitation of consequential damages for injury to the person in the case of consumer goods is prima facie unconscionable but limitation of damages where the loss is commercial is not.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.