Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.

SIMONETT, Justice.

This case comes to us on remand from the United States Supreme Court. We previously held that plaintiffs verdict of $200,-000 could not be sustained on a theory of breach of contract. On remand, we now conclude the verdict is sustainable on the theory of promissory estoppel and affirm the jury’s award of damages.

The facts are set out in Cohen v. Cowles Media Co., 457 N.W.2d 199, 200-02 (Minn.1990), and will be only briefly restated here. On October 28, 1982, the Minneapolis Star and Tribune (now the Star Tribune) and the St. Paul Pioneer Press each published a story on the…