The less than common excuse for a plaintiff not satisfying a required element of a breach of contract claim known as the prevention doctrine was addressed in the recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision styled World Energy, LLC v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., C.A. 2025-0912-MTZ (Del. July 6, 2026). The court addressed a breach of contract claim where the plaintiff unsuccessfully tried to explain its inability to establish one of the elements of a claim for breach of contract—namely that the plaintiff performed its own obligations under the contract.