¶1concurring specially.
¶2[¶ 15] Because part I of the majority opinion is dispositive of the appeal, and because — as the majority holds in part I— the issue in part II was not properly raised on appeal, I would not reach the issue in part II. See N.D.C.C. § 28-82-42(4); Johnson v. Johnson, 2001 ND 109, ¶ 13, 627 N.W.2d 779 (we need not answer questions that are not necessary to the determination of an appeal); Vernon v. North Dakota Workers Comp. Bureau, 1999 ND 153, ¶ 27, 598 N.W.2d 139 (we decline to address issues not preserved for our review).
¶3[¶ 16] Dale Sandstrom