CONTRACT EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS IN THE TIME OF COVID

FORCE MAJEURE, IMPOSSIBILITY, IMPRACTICALITY, FRUSTRATION OF PURPOSE, AND OTHER CONTRACT HOT BUTTON ISSUES Brad H. Hamilton - September 9, 2020 1. FORCE MAJEURE force majeure (fors ma-zhər) [Law French “a superior force”] (1883) An event or effect that can be neither anticipated nor controlled; esp., an unexpected event that prevents someone from doing or completing [...]