Legal Opinion
Magnan v. Anaconda Industries, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 3, 1984No. 12132PublishedCited by 258 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShea, J.
The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether an employee, hired under a contract of indefinite duration, can maintain a cause of action in contract for breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing based wholly upon a discharge without just cause. Our conclusion is that he cannot.
The plaintiff, George Magnan, brought suit against his former employer of thirteen years, The Anaconda Company (hereinafter Anaconda), alleging in the first count of his amended complaint1 that he had been discharged in breach of an implied covenant of good faith, and in the second count,…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Tameny v. Atlantic Richfield Co.California Supreme Court · 1980
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