FREDERICKS v. AMERICAN FEDERAL BANK, 2001 ND 22

625 N.W.2d 264

Bernice Fredericks, Plaintiff and Appellee v. American Federal Bank, a corporation, Defendant and Appellant

No. 20000150Supreme Court of North Dakota.
Decided February 5, 2001

NOTE: SUMMARY OPINION, SEE NORTH DAKOTA RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE, RULE 35.1

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.

Per Curiam.

[¶ 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.