Since the pandemic began, lawyers have been using the coronavirus to justify nonpayment of rent, construction delays and even termination of labor contracts.
But the prospect of litigating a contract cancellation based on force majeure is still so fraught with peril that many breach-of-contract disputes end in an amicable resolution.
Case law on canceling contracts based on a pandemic is virtually nonexistent, although a handful of courts have issued rulings. And lawyers say fear of the unknown is prompting many such disagreements to end in settlements.
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Charles Toutant
Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.
