This form is a Complaint. Plaintiff brings an action against defendant for breach of contract and requests a monetary award, plus punitive damages.
Colorado Complaint regarding Breach of Contract, Implied Contract, Good Faith and Fair Dealing, Promissory Estoppel, Emotional Distress
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In each scenario, you're clearly the victim of an obviously broken contract, but the tricky part is determining what type if contract breach occurred and what remedies are legally available to you. Generally speaking, there are four types of contract breaches: anticipatory, actual, minor and material.
To prevail on a breach of contract action in Colorado the petitioner must prove 1) the existence of a contract; 2) the petitioner performed the contract or had a justification for not performing the contract; 3) the other party failed to perform the contract; and 4) damages.
Breach of contract is not an equitable remedy. If one has a breach of contract claim, then you cannot typically file an accompanying promissory estoppel claim. Specifically, promissory estoppel is not available when an unambiguous contract exists that covers the issue for which damages are sought.
4 Elements of a Breach of Contract Claim (and more) The existence of a contract; Performance by the plaintiff or some justification for nonperformance; Failure to perform the contract by the defendant; and, Resulting damages to the plaintiff.
Such contracts are agreements to pay money upon the occurrence of a specified event. Mental distress damages do not flow from the breach of such contracts. They are not ?personal.?
Under Colorado law, there are four elements to a breach of contract claim that the plaintiff must prove: The existence of a contract; Some substantial performance by the plaintiff (or legal excuse for not performing); Failure to perform the contract by the defendant; AND.
The doctrine exists under Colorado law to effectuate the parties' intentions and honor their reasonable expectations when entering into the contract. Violating the contractual obligation of good faith and fair dealing may give rise to a claim for breach of contract.
There Are Three Major Parts of Every Contract: Offer, Acceptance, and Consideration. To form a contract an offer must be made by the Offeror. The offer must be specific enough that the Offeree can simply say ?I accept? in order to be bound by the contract.
