Dunes Hospitality, L.L.C. v. Country Kitchen International, Inc.

SABERS, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Dunes Hospitality, LLC (Dunes) brought an action against Country Kitchen Int’l, Inc. (CKI) to set aside a settlement agreement on claims of fraud or economic *487duress. The jury rejected the fraud claim but found economic duress. We hold that the law of economic duress applies but that these facts do not constitute economic duress.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] Dunes was granted the right to manage a Country Kitchen restaurant in North Sioux City, South Dakota for a period of fifteen years. Dunes entered into an agreement for management of the restaurant with CKI on December 14, 1994. The…