Court Opinion

ID: 9792033
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:22:15.590124+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:40.305718
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Reed, J.
(concurring)—I concur, except for that portion of the opinion that appears to import the U.C.C. into our resolution of the good faith dealing issue. It is far from clear that the U.C.C. provision governs the underlying *880contract, even though the bank held an Article 9 security interest.
We need only cite to Metropolitan Park Dist. v. Griffith, 106 Wn.2d 425, 437, 723 P.2d 1093 (1986), for the proposition that:
In every contract there is an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing which obligates each party "to cooperate with the other so that [each] may obtain the full benefit of performance.'" Lonsdale v. Chesterfield, 99 Wn.2d 353, 357, 662 P.2d 385 (1983) (quoting Miller v. Othello Packers, Inc., 67 Wn.2d 842, 844, 410 P.2d 33 (1966)).
Review granted at 114 Wn.2d 1020 (1990).