· 10/16/1984
Sims v. Buena Vista School District
Citations
- 360 N.W.2d 211
- 138 Mich. App. 426
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the defendant school district breached the duty of good faith and the underlying collective-bargaining agreement by failing to exercise its discretion to continue life insurance coverage for a laid-off employee
- school district had an implied duty to act in good faith when exercising discretion with respect to providing continued medical insurance to laid-off employees
- duty on school district to act honestly and in good faith in deciding whether to extend life insurance coverage to laid-off employees
- where contract permitted school district to decide whether to extend life insurance coverage to laid-off employees, \the law implied a requirement that [the school district] exercise that discretion honestly and in good faith\
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Judges: Burns, Kelly, Kaufman
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