Smith v. Land O'Lakes, Inc.

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Murdick Smith appealed from a summary judgment dismissing his complaint against his former employer, Land O’Lakes, Inc., d/b/a Bridgeman Dairy and d/b/a Country Lake Foods, Inc., (collectively referred to as Land O’Lakes), for damages arising from the termination of his employment. We hold Smith failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact to support his claim Land O’Lakes made false statements to him during a reduction in force by Land O’Lakes. We affirm.

[¶ 2] Smith initially began working for Land O’Lakes in 1962. In 1977, he voluntarily quit his job. In…