Which of the following is true regarding the result in the case in the text Thrifty Rent-A-Car System v.South Florida Transport,in which the plaintiffs sued the defendant,the operator of a Thrifty franchise,for amounts owed,but the defendant resisted payment on the basis that several hurricanes rendered the business operations commercially impractical?
A) The court ruled that the bad weather completely excused the defendant's performance.
B) The court ruled that the parties had to jointly bear the burden of bad weather and that 50% of what the defendant owed would be excused.
C) The court ruled that the defendant was legally entitled to additional time in which to pay, but that the defendant would be required to pay all amounts owed.
D) The plaintiffs were entitled to recover because the defendant failed to anticipatorily repudiate the contract.
E) The plaintiffs were entitled to recover for reasons including that the nonoccurrence of hurricanes was not a basic assumption of the agreement.

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The court ruled that the non-occurrence of hurricanes was not a basic assumption of the parties' agreements. Additionally, there was no evidence that hurricanes made the cost of performance unduly burdensome, and the defendant was behind on its payments before the arrival of the hurricanes.

Which of the Following Is True Regarding the Result in the Case