Which of the following statements about commercial impracticability is true?
A)A collapse of a market for particular goods is generally sufficient to excuse nonperformance.
B)A promisor must be able to establish that the event that makes performance impracticable occurred without his fault.
C)If an event causes impracticability and a seller only has limited capacity to perform,the seller can allocate production and deliveries to the highest paying customers.
D)Crop failures cannot give rise to impracticability because it is an inherent market risk.

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To be successful in claiming excuse based on impracticability,a promisor must be able to establish that the event that makes performance impracticable occurred without his fault and that the contract was made with the basic assumption that this event would not occur.

Which of the Following Statements About Commercial Impracticability Is True