[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]City of Cold Spring found liable in hiring lawsuit[/title][fusion_text]Friday, August 7th 2015
A Stearns County jury has found the city of Cold Spring liable on the one remaining count in the Eric Johnson lawsuit and has awarded him $76,966. The jury’s verdict late Wednesday still has to be approved by Stearns County District Court Judge who dismissed three of the five claims Johnson made against the city before trial and entered judgment in favor of the city on a fourth claim Wednesday after Johnson rested his case. The remaining count alleged promissory estoppel, a legal term that essentially means that Johnson was promised the police chief’s job, relied on that promise to quit his job as Minneota police chief and that his reliance on Cold Spring’s offer was to his detriment when the city didn’t hire him. Earlier Wednesday, the judge ruled in favor of Cold Spring on a claim that the city breached a contract to hire Johnson as the next police chief of the Cold Spring-Richmond Police Department.
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