Opinion
No. 20000150
Decided February 5, 2001
Appeal from the District Court of Cass County, East Central Judicial District, the Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Mark G. Schneider, Schneider, Schneider Phillips, 815 3rd Avenue South, Fargo, N.D. 58103-1815, for plaintiff and appellee.
Wayne W. Carlson (argued), Vogel, Weir, Hunke McCormick, Ltd., P.O. Box 1389, Fargo, N.D. 58107-1389, and Michael T. Andrews (on brief), Vogel Law Firm, P.O. Box 2097, Bismarck, N.D. 58502-2097, for defendant and appellant.
NOTE: SUMMARY OPINION, SEE NORTH DAKOTA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE, RULE 35.1
[¶ 1] American Federal Bank appeals from a judgment awarding Bernice Fredericks $23,864 for severance benefits under the terms of a merger agreement between American Federal Bank and Fredericks's employer, Northwestern State Bank. We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).
[¶ 2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.
William A. Neumann
Dale V. Sandstrom
Mary Muehlen Maring
James H. O'Keefe, S.J.
[¶ 3] The Honorable James H. O'Keefe, S.J., sitting in place of Kapsner, J., disqualified.