14. FORCE MAJEURE
Neither Party shall be in default by reason of any failure in performance of this Agreement in accordance with the terms herein if such failure arises out of causes beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of such Party. Such causes may include but are not limited to: fire, flood, explosion, unusually severe weather, action of the elements, acts of God, accidents, epidemics, strikes, lockouts, or other labor trouble or shortage, inability to obtain or shortage of material, equipment or transportation, insurrection, riots or other civil commotion, war, enemy action, acts, demands or requirements of the government in any state or by other cause which it could not reasonably be expected to avoid: The performance of the obligations of either Party or both as they are affected by such causes shall be excused during the continuance of any such inability and such inability shall, as far as possible, be remedied with all reasonable dispatch. However, notwithstanding the above, force majeure shall not excuse payment of monies due and owing from one Party to the other.