Osman v. Karlen and Associates

SABERS, Justice.

[¶ 1.] James Osman sued Dean Karlen, Karlen & Associates, Inc., and Gary Peterson alleging breach of contract and retaliatory discharge. After a bench trial, the circuit court found against Peterson on the breach of contract claim. The circuit court dismissed the retaliatory discharge claim and directed a verdict in favor of Karlen and Karlen & Associates, Inc. on the breach of contract claim. Peterson appeals.

FACTS

[¶ 2 J Karlen is an insurance agent in Aberdeen, South Dakota. He formed Kar-len & Associates, a South Dakota corporation doing business in South Dakota, to sell…