Michigan does not recognize force majeure as a common law defense. Therefore, a party may use this defense only if its contract includes a force majeure clause.A force majeure provision is a clause that actually removes a party's liability for natural or unavoidable catastrophes. Force majeure clauses allow a party to leave a contract temporarily or permanently, in whole or in part, for catastrophes that were not foreseeable. This clause allows both parties to the contract to be excused from their obligations if they cannot fulfill them due to an extraordinary event. Contractual force majeure provisions allocate risk of nonperformance due to events beyond the parties' control. The occurrence of a force majeure. Both the trial and appellate courts denied Kyocera's effort to invoke the force majeure clause,. Cf. Flathead-Michigan I, LLC v. The. An important element is often the external nature of the event.