Court Opinion

ID: 9698486
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:51:51.536534+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:41.280860
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*38TAMILIA, Judge,
concurring statement:
I concur in the result. While in this case I believe the majority properly held there was no breach of good faith made out in the appellants’ complaint, I disagree with the broad holding by the majority that no cause of action exists for a breach of duty to deal with a lender in good faith. As detailed in the majority Opinion, the duty of good faith has been recognized in some situations (franchisors dealing with franchises, Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Razumic, 480 Pa. 366, 390 A.2d 736 (1978); Loos v. Dilworth v. Quaker State Oil Refining Corp., 347 Pa.Super. 477, 500 A.2d 1155 (1985)). The fact that the Supreme Court in Heights v. Citizens National Bank, 463 Pa. 48, 342 A.2d 738 (1975), refused to alter or defeat the rights of a creditor controlled by a contract does not mean that in a given case the inherent standard of duty of good faith contained in every contract might not support an action for breach of that duty.
For the above reason, I would not foreclose such an action if the facts of the case would merit it in the case of a lender dealing with a creditor.