Opinion ID: 1998635
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Count 4 Breach of Contract

Text: Wal-Mart alleges that appellees failed to fulfill their contractual obligations and breached their covenant of good faith and fair dealing by failing to disclose material information about the COLI plans. The Amended Complaint, however, does not identify any express contractual obligation that was breached. As for the alleged breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing: [T]his Court has recognized the occasional necessity of implying contract terms to ensure the parties' reasonable expectations are fulfilled. This quasi-reformation, however, should be [a] rare and fact-intensive exercise, governed solely by issues of compelling fairness. Only when it is clear from the writing that the contracting parties would have agreed to proscribe the act later complained of . . . had they thought to negotiate with respect to that matter may a party invoke the covenant's protections. [23] As noted above, Wal-Mart has not identified any express contract provision that was breached. Nor has Wal-Mart identified any implied contract term that it would have the trial court read into the contract. Accordingly, this count fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.