Rural Holdings LLC contracts with Sweetwater Homes to sell real property that, unknown to either party, has groundwater contaminated from adjacent land occupied several decades earlier by Toxic Products Inc. When this is discovered, Rural asserts the doctrine of commercial impracticability. This doctrine applies only when, with respect to an event that renders performance impossible, at the time the contract was formed the parties
A)could not have reasonably foreseen the supervening event.
B)could have reasonably foreseen the supervening event.
C)should have foreseen the supervening event, reasonable or not.
D)should not have foreseen any supervening events.

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The doctrine of commercial impracticability applies when an unforeseen event makes the fulfillment of the contract terms impossible or impracticable, and this event could not have been reasonably foreseen by the parties at the time the contract was formed.

Rural Holdings LLC Contracts with Sweetwater Homes to Sell Real