Quick v. Bakke, Kopp, Ballou & McFarlin, Inc.

WUEST, Justice..This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant in an action for breach of contract. We reverse.

In June 1980, Chester I. Quick (appellant), a self-employed consulting engineer in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, entered into an employment agreement with Bakke, Kopp, Ballou & McFarlin, Jnc. (Bakke), a Minneapolis based engineering firm. Under this agreement, appellant merged his practice with Bakke and received an annual salary of $30,000, as well as a share in the profits or losses of the Sioux Falls office. The agreement contains no restrictions prohibiting appellant from…