Aluevich v. Harrah's

OPINION

By the Court,

Manoukian, C. J.:

This appeal concerns the scope of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Finding that courts have not extended such a covenant to commercial leases between two sophisticated parties who are not otherwise bound by any special element of reliance or fiduciary duties, we affirm the directed verdict dismissing appellant’s claim for tortious breach of an implied duty of good faith and fair dealing.

Appellant is a Reno attorney who, from 1968 to 1978, operated Luke’s Gift Shoppe and Luke’s Nevada Photo Service at the northwest corner of Second and…