- Jurisdiction
- Washington
I need to deal with some business problems due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. I don't know what my legal rights are for contracts that are canceled due to coronavirus concerns. I am hoping to get some opinions and hear what other people have been doing.
In early February I put in orders for products that have not been delivered. I suspect that some of my suppliers might have not fulfilled my orders because they could get more money by breaking my contract and telling me that they are canceling the orders due to having no stock because of coronavirus. Some of these places were taking orders but when you called you were told that they were backorders because stock was out. On their website it still showed that they had items in stock for several days before my order was canceled.
I am also not sure how to approach shipments I was expected that I am told that are not going to be fulfilled because of coronavirus issues. The sender told me that it is an act of God and now is released from the contract. I don't agree. It is not like lightning struck their shipments and destroyed the products that were going to be shipped to me.
In early February I put in orders for products that have not been delivered. I suspect that some of my suppliers might have not fulfilled my orders because they could get more money by breaking my contract and telling me that they are canceling the orders due to having no stock because of coronavirus. Some of these places were taking orders but when you called you were told that they were backorders because stock was out. On their website it still showed that they had items in stock for several days before my order was canceled.
I am also not sure how to approach shipments I was expected that I am told that are not going to be fulfilled because of coronavirus issues. The sender told me that it is an act of God and now is released from the contract. I don't agree. It is not like lightning struck their shipments and destroyed the products that were going to be shipped to me.