Legal Opinion
LJL Transportation, Inc. v. Pilot Air Freight Corp.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 22, 2009No. 73 MAP 2007PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice TODD.
In this appeal, our Court is called upon for the first time to consider whether a party’s conduct in breaching a contract may justify its immediate termination, even if the contract includes an express provision granting the breaching party the right to cure before the contract is terminated. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that Pennsylvania law permits the immediate termination of such a contract when there is a material breach of the contract so serious it goes directly to the heart and essence of the contract, rendering the breach incurable, and so we affirm…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Atlantic Richfield Co. v. RazumicSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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