Question

General Contracting was hired by the city of Rockyville to put in a new road through a mountain pass for $2 million. General Contracting did reasonable soil tests as would be expected of a contractor under their circumstances. The job would involve about 80% costs related to highway materials and 20% labor costs. When General Contracting started building the road, they discovered that it was solid granite a few feet down and that the mountain was unlike any they had ever seen in the state. It would cost them over $5 million in costs just to complete the job. If General Contracting refuses to complete the job at a loss and Rockyville sues, what result

Answer 1

If General Contracting is sued by Rockville for refusing to complete the job, General Contracting can have the contract discharged on an impracticability basis.

What would make a contract impractical?

When parties to a contract agree to a contract that based on normal circumstances and due course, and one party discovers that they cannot complete the contract based on unforeseen circumstances, the contact can be ruled impractical.

General Contracting could not foresee the solid granite foundation and so they could not have known they would pay so much to complete the project. The contract can therefore be impracticable.

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