ATTORNEY CONFLICT: Supervisory control challenging Curtis’s refusal to disqualify Plaintiff’s law firm that hired paralegal [Read more…]
Negligence, subsequent remedial, MVA, highway
NEGLIGENCE: Impeachment exception to Rule 407 narrowly interpreted to allow subsequent remedial measures if defendant [Read more…]
Nursery contract, sub-standard trees
NURSERY CONTRACT: Summary judgment precluded by fact issues on claims by both parties as to allegedly sub-standard trees, whether buyer accepted boiler-plate “Terms & Conditions of Sale” on back of order acknowledgment forms, and fraud/punitives claims… declaratory ruling [Read more…]
Attorney fees, vexatious litigation
ATTORNEY FEES: Montana vexatious litigation statute applies only to multiplication of proceedings, not pre-litigation conduct upon which suit based… Lynch. [Read more…]