Leonidas Kavakos, a celebrated and international violinist, purchased a rare and historic French violin bow made by
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Leonidas Kavakos, a celebrated and international violinist, purchased a rare and historic French violin bow made by J. Henry in 1850, paying €65,000. Nazaret Mkhsi-Gevorkian owns Gevorkian Nazareth Violins in Burbank, California. Mr. Gevorkian has over 20 years of experience in selling, repairing, and restoring violins. Mr. Kavakos found that his Henry bow was curving and took it to Gevorkian to determine the cause. Gevorkian explained the cause of the curving as not the taut hair of the bow but the wood itself curving. Gevorkian said that he could fix it, but he did not tell Kavakos about the risk that the bow could snap. Mr. Gevorkian did snap the bow while trying to fix it. Mr. Kavakos says that he was not told about the risk that the bow might snap if curvature correction were undertaken. Mr. Kavakos filed suit seeking $80,000, interest, and the costs of filing suit. Explain what happened. Is this a breach of contract? What should the damages be? [Kavakos v Nazaret Mkhsi-Gevorkian, 2015 WL 40467 (Cal. Sup. 2015)]
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