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OPINION: Eklund v. Trost

Posted by mtlawlibrary on December 15, 2006

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Opinion in the following case:

No. 04-780,

2006 MT 333,

DONALD S. EKLUND,

Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

ROY TROST, LYNNE HAMILTON, Custodian for Roy Trost;

CARL MOODY; WHEATLAND COUNTY and its Sheriff,

STEVE RIVELAND; and YELLOWSTONE COUNTY; its

subordinate YELLOWSTONE COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE

CENTER; DONNA MARMON, Juvenile Probation Officer, and

her employers, GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY, MEAGHER

COUNTY, MUSSELSHELL COUNTY, and WHEATLAND COUNTY,

Defendants, Respondents, and Cross-Appellants.

Posted in Apportionment of Liability, Bifurcation, Civil, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligence, Opinion, Public Duty Doctrine, Public Officers and Employees, Quasi-Judicial Immunity | No Comments »

OPINION: Faulconbridge v. State

Posted by mtlawlibrary on September 14, 2006

The Montana Supreme Court has issued an Opinion in the following case:

No. 04-592

2006 MT 198

ALAN RAY FAULCONBRIDGE, Individually and as Personal

Representative of the Estate of ELISHA KAY FAULCONBRIDGE

and BERNICE KAY FAULCONBRIDGE,

Plaintiffs and Appellants,

v.

STATE OF MONTANA,

Defendant and Respondent and Cross-Appellant.

Posted in Apportionment of Liability, Civil, Contributory Negligence, Discovery, Evidence, Expert Witness, Negligence, Negligence Per Se, Opinion, Superseding Intervening Cause, Wrongful Death | No Comments »