Opinion ID: 157741
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Heading: Express Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing

Text: Finally, Flint argues that Amoco breached an express covenant of good faith and fair dealing created by Amoco’s “repeated, express promises of fairness” in an employee manual and a brochure. As the district court held, the employee manual did not constitute a contract because Flint had not given any consideration sufficient to form a contract. Likewise, the “Strategic Plan” brochure could not serve as a contract because it constituted a general statement of Amoco company policy. Under Colorado law, a general statement of an employer’s policies cannot constitute a promise. Sonderlun v. Public Serv. Co. of Colo., 944 P.2d 616, 620 (Colo. Ct. App. 1997).