DM&E again appeals dismissal of severance suit

April 5, 2012 prnews Local News 0

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad is again appealing the dismissal of its lawsuit seeking to keep former company president Kevin Schieffer from arbitrating a severance package.  District Judge Roberto Lange ruled in 2010 that the court didn’t have jurisdiction and granted Schieffer’s request to dismiss. The railroad appealed to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and the panel sent the case back for further consideration.  Lange in March again ruled the court lacks jurisdiction, and the railroad this week again appealed to the 8th Circuit.  Schieffer left as DM&E’s president after Canadian Pacific Railway bought the company. He demanded arbitration over what he said was a $4 million miscalculation in his severance.   The DM&E called the demands unreasonable and sued to force the dispute into federal court.