Minnesota Employment Agreement
10. April 2021
Minnesota Employment Contract Lawyers Halunen Law Lawyers can assist you in virtually every contract case, from letter of offer verification to full litigation in highly complex cases. Contact us for a courtesy consultation. The plaintiff Jeffrey Riddle sold to the defendant R. Tiegen Fryberger, majority leader of the defendant Geckobyte.com, Inc. Riddle v. Geckobyte.com, Inc., Civ No. 17-623, Civ. No. 17-623, Civ. No 17-623, Civ.
June 22, 2018). Negotiations resulted in an asset sale contract and an employment contract. The employment contract required Geckobyte to pay Riddle $150,000 per year until December 31, 2020 and also provided for annual bonuses of up to $750,000. In 2013, Geckobyte completed Riddle and paid Riddle $2,500 in severance pay. The plaintiffs then sued the defendants for breach of the purchase and labour contract, unjust enrichment, quantum meruit, transformation and misrepres shot. In total, the complainants claimed more than $75,000 in damages. Subsequently, the complainants requested that unpaid wages under Maine law be included in their complaint. The court ruled that this proposed additional claim would be blocked because of an existing Minnesota law. The defendants filed counter-actions stating that „the plaintiffs violated the employment contract, violated the Uniform Trade Act and throbbingly disrupted a contractual relationship and the potential benefit of the defendants.“ Both parties sought summary judgment.
The ambiguities in the contracts give rise to disputes. Recently, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota ruled in Riddle v. Geckobyte.com, Inc. on the ambiguity and indeterminacy of the parties` employment contract. The decision shows how ambiguous contracts keep the parties before the courts, both in and out of business. If EMPLOYEE is prevented from fulfilling its obligations in accordance with the provisions of this agreement during employment due to mental or physical injuries determined by the company or by a medical examiner acceptable to the company, ENTREPRISE will continue the full remuneration of EMPLOYEE as long as and in the scope of the sick leave policy, in accordance with the guidelines and practices in force in the company that are made available to other employees. Subject to all the terms of this agreement, ENTREPRISE undertakes to create or design EMPLOYEE inventions as „inventions“ used in this agreement, inventions, discoveries, software, code, improvements and ideas, even in writing or on practice, and patentable or copyrighted, created or designed by THE EMPLOYEE , whether through the individual efforts of the EMPLOYE or through other efforts and (i) , the company`s products or processes, the past, the present, anticipated or developing, or (ii) result in some way from the company`s employment or (iii) the use of the company`s equipment, supplies, equipment, facilities or business secrets. 1. To the extent that the conditions set out in b) (2) of this section are not met, THE EMPLOYEE agrees that all inventions made to THE EMPLOYEE during the employee`s period of employment with the company and for six (6) months after, whether they are made during the company`s working time or in its own time.
, are the exclusive property of the company.