Ner Tamid Congregation of N. Town v. Krivoruchko

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JEFFREY COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.

In 2007, Mr. Krivoruchko defaulted on his contract to purchase a parcel of real estate from Ner Tamid Congregation. He sought to justify the breach of contract on the claimed unforeseeability of a decline in the real estate market, which, he said, made it impracticable for him to obtain the kind of financing he wanted. The real estate contract did not contain a financing contingency clause because Mr. Krivoruchko chose not to have one. The history of the case is told at length in Ner Tamid Congregation of North Town v.…