Opinion ID: 1189746
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Count 2: Breach of Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing

Text: A plaintiff may be entitled to relief under the covenant [of good faith and fair dealing] if its reasonable expectations are destroyed when a defendant acts with ill motives and without any legitimate purpose. Brunswick Hills Racquet Club, Inc. v. Route 18 Shopping Ctr. Assocs., 182 N.J. 210, 226, 864 A.2d 387 (2005) (citation omitted). Furthermore, [a] defendant may be liable for a breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing even if it does not violat[e] an express term of a contract. Id. (alteration in original, internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Defendants seek to dismiss Count 2 on the grounds that the duty of good faith and fair dealing cannot alter the clear terms of an agreement and may not be invoked to preclude a party from exercising its express rights under such an agreement. Fleming Co., Inc. v. Thriftway Medford Lakes, Inc., 913 F.Supp. 837, 846 (D.N.J. 1995). Because the contract, as discussed above, did contain a definite price term, Count 2 will be dismissed.