San Jose bakery loses thousands of dollars after Tesla reportedly cancels large order

Eh....having been on both sides of contracts like this.... typically a kill clause is sided heavily toward the one with money.

And even if it wasn't, Tesla has more money to drag out the fight in court long enough that the pie company won't be able to survive.

Sounds an awful lot like detrimental reliance to me…

Why is this getting downvoted?

Detrimental reliance is the legal principle that would allow the bakery to recover damages from Tesla. In summary: "You promised to pay me for this, and I acted accordingly, but you didn't follow through, so pay up."

Yes because god forbid someone have the audacity to believe a corporation will behave in a professional manner.

Exactly. She just learned a very expensive lesson. You have to CYA first and foremost.