United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a dispute over the existence and breach of an alleged employment contract is reversed in part where the district court erred in finding a handwritten contract was unambiguous since the contract language was reasonably susceptible to more than one construction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/16/2006
• Published 03/16/2006

Judges

• BENTON, Circuit Judge., Before MELLOY, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was David N. Damick of St. Louis, MO.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Daniel K. O'Toole of St. Louis, MO. Cynthia A. Petracek of St. Louis appeared on the brief.