United States Eighth Circuit

Employer did not breach contract, despite verbal assurances by management that salaried employees could return to hourly position without loss of seniority. Employees did not prove employer engaged in fraud, as reliance on verbal assurances was not justified.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/02/2003
• Published 04/02/2003

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and GRITZNER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James T. Madison, argued, Kansas City, MO (Doc Netterville, IV, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alok Ahuja, argued, Kansas City, MO (David C. Vogel and Rosalee M. McNamara, on the brief), for appellee.