Breach of Contract Litigation

Contracts between individuals, between business and between individuals and business may be of many types. They may be express contracts, which may be in writing or oral. Even express contracts may include implied obligations not spelled out in the express language of the contract, such as the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing. The circumstances of the parties may also give rise to an implied contract, such of the implied contract to pay for services requested with the understanding and expectation that payment for them would be made. The firm has extensive experience in litigating breach of contract claims on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of situations.

Significant breach of contract cases in which the firm has been involved include:

• Representing the developer of program to re-engine popular business jet airplane in action against a major aerospace manufacturing for breach of contract to carry out the program.
   
• Representing a major corporation in the defense of action claiming wrongful appointment of a competing distributor in a territory claimed by the distributor to be exclusive.
   
• Representing a medical hotel management corporation in action by hospital alleging a failure to fulfill its obligations under a joint venture agreement to create a medical hotel and joint surgical center.
   
• Representing a major energy company in an action alleging that the client breached an oil terminaling agreement with company from which client purchased oil terminaling facilities.
   
• Representing the plaintiff corporation in action for breach of contract to sell a brass manufacturer.