Court of Appeals Rules on 'Good Guy' Guarantees

The Court of Appeals reversed a line of lower court cases which had upended the expectations of innumerable contracting parties who bargained for limited “good guy” guaranties.

8 minute read January 01, 2026 at 12:11 AM
By
Thomas C. Lambert and Steven Shackman
Court of Appeals Rules on 'Good Guy' Guarantees

In 1995 CAM LLC v. West Side Advisors LLC et al., 2025 N.Y. Lexis 1771, 2025 NY Slip Op. 05782 (2025), the Court of Appeals reversed a line of lower court cases which had upended the expectations of innumerable contracting parties who bargained for limited “good guy” guaranties.

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