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Connor and Corey owned Club CoCo. Cam entered into a written agreement with Connor and Corey to rent Club Coco for a party. Cam hired a DJ and sold 500 tickets for the event. Two weeks before the date of Cam's party a fire destroyed Club Coco. Connor and Corey informed Cam about the fire. Cam immediately sued Connor and Corey, demanding that they make Club CoCo available for his party or pay damages. Will Cam win or lose?
  1. Cam will lose because Connor and Corey are excused from performance of the contract based on impossibility of performance.
  2. Cam will win because the fire was not his fault.
  3. Cam will win because he relied on the availability of Club Coco when he hired a DJ and sold 500 tickets.
  4. Cam will lose because Connor and Corey gave Cam enough time to find another venue for his party.
  5. Cam will lose because there is no evidence that Connor and Corey's negligence caused the fire.
Explanation
Answer: A. Cam will lose because Connor and Corey are excused from performance of the contract based on impossibility of performance. The doctrine of impossibility of performance is that a party is released from obligations under a contract if unforeseeable events make performance impossible. Where the subject matter of the contract is destroyed or otherwise rendered unavailable, performance of the contract is no longer possible.
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