Fortuitous definition

Fortuitous means happening by chance or accident, or occurring unexpectedly or without known cause. Johnson Press of America, Inc. v. Northern Insurance Co. of New York, 339 Ill. App. 3d 864, 872 (2003). The Restatement of Contracts defines a fortuitous event as one that, as far as the parties are aware, is dependent on chance. Johnson Press, 339 Ill. App. 3d at 872, citing Restatement of Contracts §291, Comment a, 430-31 (1932). “The determination of whether a loss is fortuitous is a legal question for the court to determine.” Johnson Press, 339 Ill. App. 3d at 872.

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Fortuitous means loss or damage that is not knowingly about to occur.

Fortuitous means happening by chance or accident or occurring unexpectedly or without known cause.”); Terraces Condo. Ass'n, 2022 WL 847478, at *4 (“[T]he insured’s burden of showing a fortuitous loss is ‘not a particularly onerous one.’”). It is also undisputed that the Policy was in effect at the time. Thus, the Redmonds have met their burden in showing a prima facie case.

Examples of Fortuitous in a sentence

• The termination will not exempt the Parties from complying with obligations that existed prior to the situation of Force Majeure or Fortuitous Event.

• Failure to deliver for thirty (30) consecutive and successive days due to circumstances other than those falling under Article XIV, “No Liability in Cases of Fortuitous Events or Force Majeure”.

• MCWD shall without notice, impose a penalty of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price per cubic meter for SHORT DELIVERY (SD), or delivery below the minimum hourly flow rate, except if attributable to force majeure as defined in Article XIV - “No Liability in Cases of Fortuitous Events or Force Majeure” and computed as follows: Penalty (SD) = (Contract Price per cu.

• The obligations of any of the Parties derived from this Agreement and from the Particular Conditions that cannot be complied with because of Force Majeure, Fortuitous Event or Releasing Event, in whole or in part, will be suspended throughout the time during which its effects subsist.

• FORTUITOUS CASE AND FORCE ▇▇▇▇▇▇ 9 15.1 Free of liability 9 15.2 Notification 9 15.3 Payment of the sold and delivered Ammonia 9 15.4 Proportion reduction 9 15.5 Non-prorogation of the Agreement: Right of termination for Fortuitous Case and Force ▇▇▇▇▇▇ 9 CLAUSE 16.

• The Party that invokes the occurrence of a Force Majeure, Fortuitous Event or Releasing Event must use its best efforts to cure the cause that led to its declaration, and it will inform the other Party of the date and hour in which the event was overcame.

• This right will be valid until three (3) months after the end of the Fortuitous or Force Majeure Event.

• If, given a Fortuitous Event or Force Majeure, the performance of the Petroleum Operations is interrupted for a continuous period of two (2) Years or more, MEM and the Contractor may, by mutual agreement formalized in writing, terminate this Contract.

• The Party notified of the Force Majeure, Fortuitous Event or Releasing Event may request the submission of additional information to support such declaration, and the affected Parte must send it within five (5) business days after the request was first made.

• The Party that invokes the occurrence of a Force Majeure, Fortuitous Event or Releasing Event, must give notice to the other Party of such situation, with the start date and time, in an immediate manner by phone, and in writing one business day after the occurrence of the event, submitting the evidences of the occurrence of the event.

More Definitions of Fortuitous

Fortuitous means “by chance” or “accidental,” not “fortunate” (e.g. “Marshall Sahlins argues that Captain Cook’s fortuitous arrival in February, after the Makahiki festival had ended, led to his death, because the Hawaiians, mistaking Cook for the God, Lono, killed him to restore cosmic order”).

Fortuitous means ‘accidental’