Court Opinion

ID: 9707537
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 02:15:04.619918+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:41:47.299651
License: Public Domain

ALLEN, Chancellor,
concurring:
I concur in the decision of the Court to reverse the trial court’s judgment on the basis that the jury instruction overstated the effect, under Delaware law, of an implied covenant of good faith in the context of an at-will employment contract. While my analysis of the effect of such an implied term in the context described by the evidence in this case is somewhat different than that of the Court’s Opinion, cf. Mailhiot v. Liberty Bank and Trust Co., 24 Mass.App.Ct. 525, 510 N.E.2d 778 (1987), I see nothing to be gained as a practical matter in my imposing an elaboration of that view on the record in the circumstances. I concur as well in the holding and admirable discussion of the unavailability of punitive damages in contract actions of this sort.