Jensen v. Janesville Sand & Gravel Co.

Janesville Sand and Gravel Company appeals a judgment on a verdict awarding Ellis Jensen $131,848 damages for the company’s breach of its contract to pay Jensen’s retirement salary. The issues are whether because a statute of limitations or laches bars Jensen’s action, the trial court should have granted the company’s motion for summary judgment; whether the trial court erred by instructing the jury that ambiguities in the contract must be resolved in favor of the employee, and whether the court abused its discretion by denying the company’s motion to modify the award. We conclude that the…