Carmichael v. Adirondack Bottled Gas Corp.

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• holding that “[e]ach party to a contract makes the implied promise that each will not do anything to undermine or destroy the other's rights to receive the benefits of the agreement”
• holding that “[e]ach party to a contract makes the implied promise that each will not do anything to undermine or destroy the other's rights to receive the benefits of the agreement”
• stating that good faith and fair dealing prohibits party from acting to “undermine or destroy” another party’s rights under agreement
• explaining that key principle for implied 24 covenant is promise not to “undermine or destroy the other’s rights to receive the benefits of the agreement”
• finding that duty exists to ensure that the parties act faithfully to an agreed common purpose and in consistency with the justified expectations of the other party
• explaining that the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing exists in every contract and ensures that each party work with “faithfulness to an agreed common purpose and consistency with the justified expectations of the other party” (quoting Restatement (Second

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