In Curran v. Vincent, 175 Ohio App.3d 146, 2007 Ohio 3680, 885 N.E.2d 964, the sellers of a home were told that their buyer, who had signed a contract and had paid earnest money, had a medical emergency in his family and could no longer afford to purchase the property. Id. at P7. The sellers released the buyer from the contract and returned his earnest money, relying on the family emergency. The same day that that the buyer signed the release, the buyer agreed to purchase another, more expensive home on the sellers' street. Id. at P9.