Sheehy v. Lipton Industries, Inc.

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• holding that the implied covenant of good faith “pertains to bad faith in the performance of a contract, not in its execution.”
• applying Massachusetts law to the problem of seeping oil at the east and west ends of the property
• applying Massachusetts law to the problem of seeping oil at the east and west ends of the property
• considering Chapter 21E’s purpose of “compel[ling] the prompt and efficient cleanup of hazardous material” in explaining the act’s prohibition upon parties from avoiding liability through artful contracting
• rejecting claim on summary judgment “that the plaintiff, an experienced businessman who had the benefit of legal counsel before he signed the purchase and sale agreement, could not have relied on any statement that might have been made about the land”
• \as is\ clause would not, as a matter of law, bar a claim brought under state's statute prohibiting deceptive acts or practices

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).