Florida contract law has two limited alternatives to protect parties from liability in contracts. Essentially, a force majeure clause is an agreement that allocates the risk of calamity away from the victim.If a party purposely causes an accident to stop them from completing a contractual obligation, then there would be no grounds for force majeure. Negligence. The burden of demonstrating force majeure is on the party seeking to have its nonperformance excused 30 Williston, supra, § 77.31 at n. The clause relieves both the employer and the employee from liability for not delivering on the duties as laid out in the signed contract. A force majeure clause in a contract provides parties with a defense that allows either of them to suspend performance of their contractual obligations. • Florida Case Law. Force Majeure, Notice of Delay, and No Damages for Delay. In the current pandemic, certain force majeure terms like the triggering event turned out to have particular importance. Section 18(G) Force Majeure.