Tropicana Hotel Corp. v. Speer

*41OPINION

By the Court,

Gunderson, J.:

This appeal arises out of the brief association of Donald Speer1 with Tropicana Hotel. In July 1975 Mitzi Stauffer Briggs acquired a controlling interest in the Tropicana Hotel Corporation, the managing entity of Tropicana Hotel. Since she had no experience in the hotel or casino industry, Briggs looked for a competent general manager who could restore the hotel to its former prosperity. She offered the position to Donald Speer, general manager at the Desert Inn.

Speer indicated that he would accept the position only if, in addition to a generous salary, he…