Which of the following is listed as a remedy for misrepresentation?

• A. Damages
• B. Specific performance
• C. Injunction
• D. Quantum meruit

Answer: (A)

Misrepresentation in a real estate deal involves a false statement of fact that induced you to enter the contract. The remedy that best fits addressing the harm from relying on that false information is damages. Damages compensate you for the actual losses caused by the misrepresentation, aiming to put you in roughly the financial position you would have been in if the misrepresentation had not occurred.

Rescision is another possible remedy (undo the contract and restore the prior positions), but the option given focuses on damages, which is the direct monetary way to address the harm from misrepresentation. The other remedies—specific performance, injunction, and quantum meruit—don’t fit as naturally: specific performance would compel completion of a contract obtained through false statements, which courts generally avoid in cases of misrepresentation; an injunction orders ongoing or future conduct rather than compensating for past losses; quantum meruit pays for value when there’s no enforceable contract, not for misrepresentation in a contract.