Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1995

Scott v. Cyr

Scott v. Cyr
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided June 19, 1995 · Clifford, Dana, Glassman, Lipez, Roberts, Rudman, Wathen
660 A.2d 918; 1995 Me. LEXIS 142 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

Scott v. Cyr

Opinion of the Court

LIPEZ, Justice.

Carla Scott, Tamara Smith and Linda Blish appeal from the entry in the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Browne, A.R.J.) of a judgment as a matter of law for John T. Cyr & Sons on the plaintiffs’ complaint alleging a breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. We have consistently refused to recognize such an implied covenant in employment contracts of indefinite duration. We declined an invitation to modify that position in Bard v. Bath Iron Works, 590 A.2d 152 (Me. 1991). We decline that invitation again.

The entry is:

Judgment affirmed.

All concurring.

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