Ocean Vessels, Inc., and Pacific Harbor Company enter into a contract for a sale of a boat. Ocean is a merchant who deals in goods of the kind sold. The goods are defective. Under the UCC, the implied warranty of merchantability is breached

a. only if Ocean did not know about and could not have discovered the defect.

b. only if Ocean did not know about the defect.

c. only if Ocean knew about or could have discovered the defect.

d. regardless of what Ocean knew or could have discovered.

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Ocean Vessels, Inc., and Pacific Harbor Company enter into a contract for a sale of a boat. Ocean is a merchant who deals in goods of the kind sold. The goods are defective. Under the UCC, the implied warranty of merchantability is breached

a. only if Ocean did not know about and could not have discovered the defect.

b. only if Ocean did not know about the defect.

c. only if Ocean knew about or could have discovered the defect.

d. regardless of what Ocean knew or could have discovered.

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Michael Barber · Answer 1

d. regardless of what Ocean knew or could have discovered.

Explanation:

The uniform commercial code are a set of rules that govern transactions involving sale of goods. One of such rules is the implied warranty of merchantability.

When goods are sold there is an implied warranty that the item will perform up to a particular level.

For example if one buys a television not is expected that the television will work. If it does not come on, implied warranty has been breached.

So in this case regardless of what Ocean knew or could have discovered, selling defective goods is a breach of implied warranty of merchantability.