PHILLIPS v. U.S. BANK, N.A.

No. 2009AP246.

781 N.W.2d 540 (2010)

2010 WI App 35

Deanne PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. BANK, N.A., Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed February 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Nicholas M. McLeod and Alan C. Olson of Alan C. Olson & Associates, S.C. of New Berlin. There was oral argument by Alan C. Olson.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Bradley C. Fulton and Mindy J. Rowland of DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., Madison. There was oral argument by Mindy J. Rowland.

Before FINE, KESSLER and BRENNAN, JJ.


¶ 1 FINE, J.

Deanne Phillips appeals the circuit court's final order granting summary judgment to U.S. Bank, N.A., dismissing her claims against U.S. Bank. We reverse because: (1) contrary to the circuit court's ruling, an at-will employee does not forfeit benefits that have accrued during his or her employment even though the agreement governing those benefits conditions their receipt on the employee's continued employment if the employer fires the employee...

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