Legal Opinion
Gary Poff v. Western National Mutual Insurance Company, George Klouda Robert C. Anderson Carl F. Nielsen Robert R. Olson T.O. Pederson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1994No. 92-3922PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
On November 26, 1990, Gary Poff moved to Minneapolis and started work at Western National Mutual Insurance Company (‘Western”), expecting to replace its retiring chief executive officer, George Klouda. Friction quickly surfaced, and on December 11 Western’s board of directors terminated Poffs employment, effective the following day. Poff returned to his prior position as an insurance executive in Jefferson City, Missouri, and commenced this action seeking damages for breach of an oral contract. A jury found that Western had breached a covenant of good faith and fair…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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