Spratt v. MDU Resources Group, Inc.

CROTHERS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Richard Spratt appealed from a district court summary judgment dismissing his age discrimination claim against MDU Resources Group, Inc. (“MDU”). We affirm, concluding Spratt cannot raise new legal theories on appeal and the district court did not err in determining Spratt had failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact that other employees not in the protected class were treated more favorably.

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[¶ 2] In 2001, Spratt was hired as the vice president of human resources for Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., a division of MDU. Spratt claims that in 2007 the president and…