What voids a contract?
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What voids a contract?
If someone places a T-shirt order for around 300 shirts for a marathon event and a tornado rips through the town destroying the roads, is the contract still valid? Someone called and cancelled a week before the shirts were to be finished and almost all the shirts had been made.
Asked on April 25, 2013 under Business Law, New York
Answers:
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
You need to review the contract and see if there is any provision in there that allows the contract to be voided if a natural disaster occurs that impacts the event for which these t-shirts were made. If not, the contract is not voidable and the individual who purchased these t-shirts must pay for them. If the person refuses to pay, you need to sue the person, the company and/or the company's insurance company for the money.
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