Venue Keeping $10k Deposit After Fiancé's Grandmother Died 2 Days Before Wedding. Any Recourse?
Location: Pennsylvania
My fiancé's grandmother passed away last thursday from a heart attack. Our wedding was scheduled for that saturday. We called the venue friday morning to cancel and they're refusing to refund our $10,000 deposit, saying they have a "cancellations within 30 days forfeit deposit" policy.The funeral was this past weekend. She practically raised him so there was no way we could've gone through with the wedding. We even offered to rebook for next year and apply the deposit toward that, but they refused.
The contract does have the cancellation clause but doesn't say anything about situations like death in the family. We didn't purchase wedding insurance. Can they legally keep the entire deposit given the circumstances? I've heard about "impossibility" in contract law but I don't know if that applies here or if it even matters. Would small claims court be worth pursuing or are we just throwing good money after bad at this point? We're in pennsylvani venue is also in PA. Contract was signed 14 months ago. Any advice would be appreciated because we're completely lost here.
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