The following terms and conditions shall govern the
purchase, of all goods and services from Lifoam Industries, LLC (herein
"Transaction[s]") unless expressly modified in writing, signed by Lifoam
Industries, LLC (herein, “Seller”). “Buyer”
shall be any purchaser of goods or services.
1) ACCEPTANCE
OF CONTRACT:
By engaging in any Transaction with Seller, Buyer confirms that it has read,
reviewed and understands any order placed with Seller, and agrees that Buyer’s order
or request to purchase goods or services from Seller shall constitute Buyer’s
acceptance of these General Terms and Conditions only. All terms and conditions proposed by Buyer
which are different from, inconsistent with, or in addition to those set forth
herein are unacceptable to Seller, are expressly rejected by Seller, and shall
not become a term or condition of the Transaction. Any modifications to these
General Terms and Conditions can only be made in writing signed by a duly
authorized representative of the Seller.
2) PRICES: Unless Seller otherwise agrees in writing,
prices are F.O.B. point of shipping and do not include any federal, state and
local taxes and duties now or hereafter enacted, applicable to the goods or to
this transaction. Unless Seller
otherwise agrees in writing to pay any such tax or duties, Seller shall set
forth all applicable taxes and duties as separate items on invoices which shall
be paid by Buyer, unless Seller furnishes Buyer with exemption certificates at
the time of order.
3) TERMS OF PAYMENT: Seller will invoice
Buyer for each delivery of goods on an order by order basis. Unless otherwise
expressly provided or required by Seller, payment will be made by Buyer and
received by Seller within thirty (30) days from the date of shipment. If
payment is not made as provided in this Section, Buyer will pay Seller a late
fee equal to one and one-half percent (1½%) per month of the invoiced amount
when such payment is made; provided, that if such delinquency charge is not
permitted by applicable law, then the late fee shall be payable at the highest
rate Seller can legally collect. All
amounts payable hereunder shall be paid by Buyer to Seller at Seller’s address at
“Lifoam Industries, LLC,
4) PACKING
AND TRANSPORTATION: All risk of loss or damage to the goods
following delivery to a common carrier for shipment to Buyer’s shipping address
shall be borne by Buyer. Unless
otherwise specified in writing, Seller shall secure surface transportation, with
reasonable care to be exercised in the packing of the goods for safe arrival at
the ultimate destination and to comply with requirements of common carriers.
Shipping memoranda, compliance documents or packing lists, if any, that
accompany goods, and counts listed in such documents shall be conclusive. Bills
of lading or shipping receipts shall be sent to Buyer on date of shipment. Shipments will not be insured unless a
specific request is made in writing by the Buyer directly to the Seller, in
which case the Buyer shall bear the full cost of said insurance. The shipping or
delivery date, if any, is Seller’s best estimate of the time at which goods will
be shipped, and Seller assumes no liability for any and all damages resulting
from delays in delivery.
5) ACCEPTANCE:
All goods
shipped from Seller to Buyer shall be deemed accepted by Buyer unless written
notice of rejection is issued to Seller within ten (10) days of receipt of such
goods by Buyer. In the event that Buyer
so rejects the goods and Seller agrees that the goods are deficient, Seller
shall correct deficiencies as soon as possible, but in no event later than by
the end of thirty (30) days from receipt of such written notice of rejection. If the deficiencies are not corrected within
such thirty (30) day period, Buyer may request a refund of the purchase price
of such rejected goods, such refund being due and payable to Buyer upon actual
receipt by Seller of the rejected goods.
6) INSPECTION: Buyer shall have the right to inspect all
products tendered for delivery. Any and all claims for defective or damaged
goods, missing parts or accessories, or lack of operational instruction, must
be made by Buyer in writing within ten (10) days after date of delivery. No
claims made by Buyer beyond said period shall give Buyer any rights or remedies
against Seller whatsoever, except as expressly provided under the warranties
set forth herein. No goods may be returned by Buyer without Seller’s prior
written consent. Upon the receipt of said Seller authorization, items requiring
repair or replacement should be sent with all costs, taxes and insurance
prepaid to the factory, accompanied by a letter stating as completely as
possible the defects and the conditions under which the reported defects
occurred.
7) CHANGES: Changes to any Transaction order will not be
considered effective until Seller has agreed in writing, concerning the effect
of said changes on price, delivery or other terms and conditions of the order.
8) WARRANTY: Seller warrants that the
goods shall, upon delivery, be new and unused and shall be substantially free
from defects in materials, workmanship or design. If Seller repairs or replaces
defective goods, then Buyer shall have no further claim against Seller based on
breach of this warranty with respect to those particular defective goods. THE FOREGOING WARRANTIES ARE IN LIEU OF ALL
OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
WHICH WARRANTIES ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED. Seller shall bear all expenses in
connections with returning goods to Seller for breach of warranty, and shall
bear all risk of loss or damage for the goods while in transit. The warranty
set forth in this Section extends only to the Buyer.
9) ALLOCATION OF RISK: Any risk
associated with the goods covered hereby shall rest with Seller up to the time
of delivery of said goods to the carrier at the point of shipment. Thereafter,
any and all such risk shall rest solely with Buyer.
10) BUYER’S DEFAULT; Seller’s Remedies: In the event Buyer fails to pay
any amount due hereunder on or before the date that is due and payable, and/or
fails to observe, keep or perform any other term or condition required to be
observed, kept or performed by Buyer, Seller shall deem such failure to be an
event of default or breach of any Transaction order. Upon the occurrence of any
events of default or breach, Seller shall have the option to pursue any one or
more of the following remedies without any notice or demand whatsoever: (a)
declare the entire amount due and unpaid by Buyer to be immediately due and
payable, without notice or demand to Buyer; (b) sue for and recover all amounts
due and unpaid, accrued or thereafter accruing; (c) exercise all rights and
remedies extended to a secured party under applicable law; (d) pursue any and
all other remedies available to Seller under these General Terms and
Conditions, or at law or in equity, including remedies available under the
Uniform Commercial Code. Pursuit of any of the foregoing remedies by Seller
shall not preclude pursuit of any of the other remedies herein provided or any
other remedies provided at law or in equity, nor shall pursuit of any remedy
herein provided constitute a waiver of Buyer’s liability for the full
performance of all obligations of Buyer hereunder. All remedies available to Seller
hereunder or at law or in equity are cumulative, and may be exercised
concurrently or separately.
11) TERMINATION;
SURVIVAL:
In the event of any breach of these General Terms and Conditions by either
party, the non-breaching party shall have the right to terminate any
Transaction order for cause if such breach has not been cured within thirty
(30) days of written notice from the non-breaching party specifying such breach
in detail. The foregoing termination right is separate from any termination
provision set forth in any other agreement, if any, between Seller and Buyer,
the termination of which shall not terminate with the order in question. The
following Sections shall survive any termination of any order: 8, 12, 15, 16, 24,
25, 26, 27, and 28.
12) Limitation
of Damages and Buyer’s Remedies: Except for
Breach of any Seller obligation or warranty as set forth in these General Terms
and Conditions or damages arising out of willful misconduct, intentional
misrepresentations or gross negligence of Seller, the exclusive remedies of
Buyer hereunder shall be the repair or replacement, at Seller’s option, of the
defective product. Under no
circumstances shall the liability of Seller in connection with AN Order,
whether in contract, negligence, tort, strict liability or otherwise, exceed
the total amount of fees PAID by Buyer TO Seller IN THE IMMEDIATELY
PRECEDING ONE (1) YEAR PERIOD FOR THE SPECIFIC PRODUCT THAT DIRECTLY CAUSED THE
LOSSES OR DAMAGES. Whether under its warranty, or otherwise, Seller
shall not be liable for special, indirect, or consequential damages in the
event of a commercial loss.
13) FORCE
MAJEURE:
If the performance of a Transaction order by either party is delayed,
curtailed, interrupted or prevented for reasons other than the party’s own of
willful misconduct, intentional misrepresentations or gross negligence, which
are reasonably beyond such party’s direct control, such as strikes, labor
difficulties, lockouts, accidents, fires, explosions, inundations, volcanic
activity, unavailability of raw materials, rebellion,
revolution, blockade, earth quakes, embargo, acts of public enemies, acts of
God, inability or delays in obtaining transportation, or any other cause,
whether or not of the nature enumerated above, which is reasonably beyond the
control of such party ("Force Majeure"), such party will be excused
from the performance of its obligations under the order for so long as the
Force Majeure event continues. The
excused party’s performance under the order will resume as soon as practicable
after the Force Majeure event is remedied or removed. The party invoking the remedy provided in
this Paragraph must give written notice to the other party within ten (10) days
of the occurrence of the Force Majeure event, stating, insofar as known, the
probable extent to which it will be unable to perform or be delayed in
performing its obligations hereunder.
The party giving such notice must exercise due diligence to eliminate or
remedy the event of Force Majeure and must notify the other party when the
Force Majeure event is remedied or removed.
In the event that Seller invokes the remedy provided in this Section,
Buyer may cancel any order and/or immediately seek alternative sources of
supply without being in breach hereof and any such purchase shall be included
within any Buyer volume commitments.
14) INFRINGEMENT: Seller warrants that the use or sale of the
goods or services in any Transaction, delivered hereunder do not intentionally infringe
any U.S. or foreign patent, copyright, trade secret, trademark or any other
intellectual rights covering the goods or their method of manufacture or the
services, and Seller, except as to infringement caused solely by reason of
specifications provided by Buyer, agrees to indemnify Buyer, its customers, any
party Buyer is required to indemnify or save harmless under Buyer’s contract
with its customer, and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents
and assigns from and against all claims, actions, losses, expenses (including
attorney’s fees), damages or decrees resulting from such actual or alleged
infringement. Seller shall defend, at
its own expense, Buyer in any such action.
Seller does not warrant against infringement by reason of the use of
such goods and services in combination with other materials not provided by
Seller or in the operation of any patented process unknown to Seller. Buyer shall indemnify and defend Seller in
like manner and degree against any claims arising out of, or related to,
directives, specifications, designs, or plans provided by Buyer to Seller for
production, against any and all claims of infringement whatsoever.
15) TOOLING/MOLDS: Seller shall have no liability whatsoever for any damage,
loss or destruction incurred in either the transportation, storage or use of tooling,
molds or equipment provided or paid for by Buyer or its agents, for use by
Seller, absent clear proof of gross negligence by Seller with respect to the use
maintenance or care of the tooling, equipment or molds.
16) CONFIDENTIALITY: Buyer, on behalf of itself, its
employees and agents, agrees that any ideas, inventions, concepts, information
or processes (collectively referred to as “information”) acquired from Seller
arising from performance of any Transaction are the property of Seller and shall
be kept in confidence by Buyer and shall neither be disclosed nor used by Buyer
except as is necessary for the proper performance of any order, unless the
information is or becomes legally available to the general public. Buyer may
disclose information to third persons to the extent required for proper
performance of any order, but only under the same obligations relating to use
and disclosure undertaken by Seller herein.
17) WAIVER: Failure of Seller to enforce any of the
provision of these General terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver
of such provisions or of the right of Seller to enforce such provisions at any
time.
18) ASSIGNMENT: The rights and duties of this
contract are not assignable or transferable by the Buyer without the Seller's
written consent.
19) SEVERABILITY: The
invalidity, illegality and unenforceability of any provision of these General
Terms and Conditions shall in no way affect or impair the validity, legality or
enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof.
20) Use
of Language: Words of any gender used in these General Terms
and Conditions shall be held and construed to include any other gender, and
words in the singular shall be held to include the plural, unless the context
otherwise requires.
21) Captions: The
captions or headings of paragraphs in these General Terms and Conditions are inserted
for convenience only and shall not be considered in construing the provisions
hereof if any question of intent should arise.
22) ENTIRE
AGREEMENT:
These General Terms and Conditions, together with the attachments, exhibits or
supplements specifically referenced in any order, constitute the entire
agreement between Buyer and Seller with respect to the matter contained herein
and supersedes all prior agreements.
23) FAIR
LABOR STANDARDS
ACT: Seller represents that the materials covered hereby
have been produced in compliance with the requirements of Sections 6, 7 and 12
of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended.
24) UNIFORM COMMERCIAL
CODE: These General Terms and
Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the uniform commercial code as in effect in the State of
25) JURISDICTION: Any suit
involving any dispute or matter arising under any Transaction
order, course of conduct or contract shall be brought in
the United States District Court for the District of Maryland or any
26) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL:
Buyer and Seller hereby
voluntarily and intentionally waive any right they may have to a trial by jury
in any action, proceeding, or litigation directly or indirectly arising out of,
under, or in connection with any Transaction.
27) Attorney’s Fees: If, on account of breach or default by Buyer of their
respective obligations under these General Terms and Conditions it shall become necessary for the
Seller to employ an attorney to enforce or defend any of its rights or remedies
hereunder, Seller shall be entitled to attorneys' fees, equal to
twenty percent (20%) of all sums then owing hereunder, in addition to all other
costs and expenses allowed by law. If payment of the invoiced amount is not
made as provided in Section 3, the Buyer hereby authorizes any attorney
designated by the Seller or any clerk of any court of record to appear for the
Buyer in any court of record and confess judgment against the Buyer without
prior hearing, in favor of the Seller for and in the amount of the unpaid
balance of the invoiced amount plus interest accrued and unpaid thereon,
together with costs of suit and attorneys' fees.
28) NOTICES: All notices relating hereto will either be
delivered in person to an officer of Buyer or Seller, or be sent via certified
mail to Buyer or Seller at its respective address shown on the face hereof or
at any later address last known to the sender.
29) COMMUNICATIONS: Any questions
pertaining to any
Transaction or these General Terms and Conditions should be directed
to Lifoam
Industries, LLC, by writing to