Waldinger Corp. v. CRS Group Engineers Inc.

Waldinger (plaintiff) contracted with Ashbrook (defendant) to supply equipment meeting specifications provided by CRS Group Engineers, which turned out to be exclusive to a competitor's equipment; Ashbrook discovered it could not meet those specifications and sought to be excused from performance under the impracticability doctrine.

Whether a party is excused from performing a contract under the Uniform Commercial Code if an unexpected event makes performance impracticable and the nonoccurrence of that event was a basic contract assumption.