Legal Opinion
Jarvenpaa v. Glacier Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Montana Supreme Court
Decided December 10, 1998No. 97-071PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUSTICE REGNIER delivered
the opinion of the Court.
¶1 Donald Jarvenpaa, an employee of Glacier Electric Cooperative, Inc., was offered the option of early retirement to avoid termination. Jarvenpaa chose to retire, accepted lump sum cash retirement benefits, then filed a wrongful discharge action against Glacier in the Ninth Judicial District Court, Glacier County. In response, Glacier filed a counterclaim to recover part of the retirement benefits Jarvenpaa received. The case was tried before a jury which returned a special verdict in Glacier’s favor on both the wrongful discharge claim and…
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