Can the merchant recover the lost profits from the software

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The rule established by the Hadley case is "when damages are awarded, compensation can only be awarded for injuries that the defendant could reasonably have forseen as a probable result of the usual course of events following a breach." If a Web Merchant loses business due to a computer system's failure that can be attributed to malfunctioning software, can the merchant recover the lost profits from the software maker?

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