Fogel v. Trustees of Iowa College

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that under Iowa law there is an “implied duty of good faith and fair dealing” in all contracts
• stating former employee “never told either his supervisors or any other college personnel that he was disabled” in concluding employee did not establish a prima facie ease of disability discrimination
• noting that the duty is “recognized in all contracts”
• finding handbook’s dismissal and disciplinary provisions too vague and indefinite to constitute unilateral contract
• “The majority of jurisdictions that have addressed the [implied] covenant [of good faith and fair dealing in employment contracts] have unequivocally rejected it.”
• plaintiff claimed discharge owing to medical disability, but court upheld discharge because he was unfit to work in a food service establishment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).