Paske v. County of Dakota

COYNE, Justice.

On the petition of the County of Dakota we review the decision of the court of appeals reversing a summary judgment, 356 N.W.2d 775, for defendant in this action for breach of employment contracts and ordering instead the payment of severance pay to the plaintiffs. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The plaintiffs are five stenographers hired originally as court reporters for various judges of the county court for Dakota County. On April 10, 1981, the chief judge of the first judicial district issued an order pursuant to the Court Reorganization Act of 1977 authorizing all…