Liability for Damages 1. The Purchaser shall be liable for any damages sustained by the State arising from Purchaser’s breach of the terms of this Contract and the State may cause all or part of the performance bond to be forfeited to recover such damages. 2. In the event that a portion of the timber sale under this Contract is resold as a result of the Purchaser’s forfeiture and the stumpage rate pursuant to the resold contract is lower than the stumpage rate provided herein, the difference between the original rate and the new rate shall be considered damages and the Purchaser shall be liable to the State for those damages. The State may cause all or part of the Purchaser’s performance bond to be forfeited to recover such damages.
Liability for Loss If Included Timber is destroyed or damaged by an unexpected event that significantly changes the nature of Included Timber, such as fire, wind, flood, insects, disease, or similar cause, the party holding title shall bear the timber value loss resulting from such destruction or damage; except that such losses after removal of timber from Sale Area, but before Scaling, shall be borne by Purchaser at Current Contract Rates and Required Deposits. Deterioration or loss of value of salvage timber is not an unexpected event, except for deterioration due to delay or interruption that qualifies for Contract Term Adjustment or under B8.33.