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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 16:29:20+00:00

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dispute arises out of a contract between plaintiff, JRM Hauling & Recycling Services, Inc.
execution on November 1, 2006 to October 31, 2016.
disbursements, incurred defending any unsuccessful claims made by JRM.
contract in this case concerns what JRM was to do with the “loose paper” picked up at curbside.
collected from the residents would be recycled..
February 2015, as discussed below, Newark was acquired by Caraustar Industries, Inc.
be used as game boards and covers for books.
in 1978. In 2006, Gold was Senior Vice-President of the Recycled Fibers Division of Newark.
contract for secondary fiber for Newark.
find this testimony to be credible.
constitutes a maximum amount of secondary fiber that Newark was obligated to purchase.
provides for the waiver of trial by jury with respect to any litigation arising out of the Agreement.
claims made by JRM with respect to the Agreement.
was delivered to Newark loose.
would deliver the loose paper/secondary fiber to Newark for an additional price per ton.
New Jersey. She testified that she had no role in negotiating the Agreement with JRM.
Newark was obligated to purchase was to impose some limit on the quantity Newark was to buy.
delivery of secondary fiber to Newark averaged 933 tons per month.
result of the Agreement with JRM.
merely to reference the one and only place JRM operated a facility to collect material for recycle.
The actual location of the JRM collection facility was insignificant to Newark.
of poor quality of the delivered secondary fiber.
sophisticated, sorting machine. The GreenWorks facility cost at least $ 18 million to develop.
12, 2015, JRM’s owners opened GreenWorks for business.
or JRM to increase the amount of secondary fiber collected for delivery.
credit the testimony of Gold.
[Gold] wanted to do.” Galardi testified that he could not recall the discussions at the meeting.
GreenWorks facility and there were discussions about future business opportunities.
does not necessarily mean that Jimmy Motzkin agreed to the termination of the Agreement.
any further liability to the other” after the termination date. The document is signed by Gold.
Termination Agreement and did not sign it.
the Agreement with Newark to continue for the life of the contract.
the damages calculation are in Part III, below.
fiber from JRM under the Agreement. JRM did not consent to the termination.
suspend its own performance and to seek any remedy for breach.
will address each argument in turn.
§ 2-612. JRM was obligated to deliver “all” of its secondary fiber/loose paper in separate lots.
JRM to deliver loose paper to Newark every business day.
use the suspension of delivery to “end the deal” as Gold did on January 20, 2015.
assurance that it could deliver the short-term loads requested by Galardi.
Finally, UCC § 2-609 requires “reasonable” grounds and “adequate” assurance.
repudiated the Agreement. At no point did JRM repudiate the Agreement.
the truck loads of curbside pick up of loose paper to GreenWorks rather than the Malden facility.
a meeting within seven days.
immaterial to Newark after it chose to repudiate.
recover the difference between the contract price and the market price for the goods (§ 2-708(1)).
Here, JRM is proceeding under UCC § 2-708(1). See JRM’s Proposed Conclusions of Law, ¶ 15.
no “resale” that would allow a calculation of damages pursuant to UCC § 2- 706.
parties, thereby determining a market price for the finished paper.
consequence of the buyer’s breach.
subsection (2) of § 2-708.7 It proceeds under § 2 – 708(1), as guided by UCC § 2-723.
GreenWorks since its inception. At trial, Hoffman explained the calculations.
price to use in calculating JRM’s damages.
for loose paper could be based on a comparable market.
paper. Guided by that fact, JRM embarked on an analysis of the cost of producing finished paper.
ton for 2015 and 2016, respectively.
during the 2015 – 2016 period. On that basis alone, JRM fails to prove damages.
Even if JRM’s damages model is considered further, it is erroneous in its methodology.
per ton of product from GreenWorks would be $ 59.15 and 53.80 for 2015 and 2016, respectively.
basis for estimating the market price for loose paper in 2015 – 2016.
point does not need to be addressed. Nevertheless, I make the following finding for the record.
amounts of approximately 20,000 tons in the years 2015 – 2016.
offered at trial by JRM was insufficient to prove that JRM suffered damages.
whether they wish to have an evidentiary hearing on the motion.

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