                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

&#8220;COVER&#8221;; BUYER&#8217;S PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS (§ 8.2-712)

1. After a breach within the preceding section [&#xA7; 8.2-711] the buyer may
&#8220;cover&#8221; by making in good faith and without unreasonable delay any
reasonable purchase of or contract to purchase goods in substitution for those
due from the seller.

2. The buyer may recover from the seller as damages the difference between the
cost of cover and the contract price together with any incidental or
consequential damages as hereinafter defined (&#xA7; 8.2-715), but less expenses
saved in consequence of the seller&#8217;s breach.

3. Failure of the buyer to effect cover within this section does not bar him
from any other remedy.

HISTORY: 1964, c. 219.