Pollmann v. Belle Plaine Livestock Auction, Inc.

TERNUS, Justice.

Appellee Morris Pollmann filed this lawsuit when his employer, appellant Belle Plaine Livestock Auction, Inc., terminated Poll-mann’s employment after he had completed one year of what he believed to be a three-year contract. A jury found the defendant had breached its employment agreement with Pollmann and had negligently misrepresented to Pollmann that he would be given three years to make the defendant’s auction business profitable. The defendant appeals from the court’s judgment entered on the jury’s verdict. Although we conclude the breach-of-contract claim was not…