Opinion ID: 2520414
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Text: [¶ 2] Mr. Finch states the following issues on appeal: 1. Did Employee, Thomas E. Finch, have a contract for employment with Employer, Farmers Co-op[,] or was Farmers an at-will employer at the time [Mr.] Finch[ ] began his employment with Employer? 2. Did the District Court abuse its discretion by granting a summary judgment motion on all claims when Employer erroneously set out that Employee did not allege a breach of contract claim, when he did in fact allege such a claim? Farmers Co-op phrases the issues as follows: 1. Did the trial court properly grant summary judgment in favor of Farmers Co-op on Mr. Finch's express employment contract claim? Would the statute of frauds have precluded such a contract under any circumstances anyway? 2. Was summary judgment proper concerning Mr. Finch's implied in fact contract claim? 3. Was summary judgment proper concerning Mr. Finch's promissory estoppel claim? 4. Is Mr. Finch precluded from arguing that the at-will disclaimer in his employment application was inconspicuous because he failed to raise that issue below? 5. Was summary judgment proper concerning Mr. Finch's bad faith claim? 6. Was summary judgment proper concerning Mr. Finch's punitive damages claim?