Two weeks after a New York Supreme Court judge denied in part a request from the PGA Tour for summary judgment in its ongoing legal battle with Vijay Singh, the Tour appealed that decision.
On May 12, judge Eileen Bransten partially denied the Tour’s request for summary judgment regarding Singh’s claims the circuit breached its implied covenant by suspending Singh for his use of deer-antler spray before consulting with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and that Tour officials made improper public statements regarding the Fijian’s suspension.
In its appeal, lawyers for the Tour argue that Bransten “erroneously held that there is a material fact dispute as to whether the Tour breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing by failing to conduct an ‘appropriate investigation’ .