Petralia v. Jercich (In Re Jercich)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PERRIS, Bankruptcy Judge.
Prior to bankruptcy, Appellee George Jercich (“Debtor”) employed Appellant James A. Petralia (“Creditor”) and failed to pay him all his wages. As a consequence, Creditor obtained a state court judgment against Debtor that determined, inter alia, that Debtor committed a tor-tious breach of the contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing with respect to Creditor. This appeal raises the issue of whether a claim resulting from a breach of the implied contractual covenant of good faith and' fair dealing, characterized by state law as tortious, can be a…
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