Will i lose my earnest money

[James Smith]

I live in California, and I am currently experiencing that is freaking me out. My lender is being very slow with the appraisal. I believe they have not even ordered it because I have not been charged yet. I am out of the contingency period and dropped all contingency other than appraisal. The seller is now unhappy and is threatening to cancel escrow and/or suing me for the earnest money.

Can they actually do that? How do I go about doing this? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.