Sanders v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.

OPINION

BOSSON, Justice.

{1} The implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing protects the reasonable expectations of the parties to a contract arising from its terms. Here, the jury was allowed to determine those expectations based upon extrinsic evidence that clarified an express term of the contract. The jury then decided whether the parties exercised good faith and fair dealing in addressing those expectations, and from there the jury determined whether one party breached its contractual obligations to the other. Because the evidence supports the instructions given with regard to breach…