Lakeview Farms, Inc. v. Patten

STATON, Judge.

Lakeview Farms, Inc. (“Lakeview”) appeals the judgment in favor of Raymond R. Patten (“Patten”) on Patten’s claim for breach of an oral employment agreement to procure medical insurance. Lakeview presents four issues for our review, only one of which we must address. Restated, it is whether the trial court erred in denying Lakeview’s motion for judgment on the evidence regarding the existence of an oral contract to procure Patten’s medical insurance.

We reverse.

The facts most favorable to the verdict reveal that Lakeview hired Patten as a full-time farm employee on October…