Dakota Partners, L.L.P. v. Glopak, Inc.

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Dakota Partners appealed from a South Central District Court judgment denying its breach of contract claims. Concluding the offsets clause in the adden-dums to the contract did not stop Glopak from asserting the defense of fraud, we affirm.

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[¶ 2] Ray Larson and his sons, Michael and Robert Larson (“the Larsons”), contacted Glopak, Inc., in an effort to sell it the intellectual property rights to their “bag and straw” invention. The “bag and straw” allows single-serving beverages in a small pouch to be easily accessed with the enclosed straw. Glopak purchased the…