GUIBERSON v. HARTFORD CAS. INS. CO.

No. 84-424.

704 P.2d 68 (1985)

Raymond GUIVERSON, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Tim Tintinger and the State of Montana, Third-party Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander & Baucus, Nancy Cory argued, Great Falls, for Hartford Cas. Ins.

Michael J. McKeon argued, Anaconda, for State Farm.

John Bobinski, Helena, argued for State, Dept. of Administration.

Corette, Smith, Pohlman & Allen, Butte; R.D. Corette & Robert Carlson, Butte, argued for Guiberson.


TURNAGE, Chief Justice.

A jury in the Third Judicial District, Deer Lodge County, awarded plaintiff $600,000 in damages for injuries sustained after he jumped onto the trailer bed of his employer's beer truck in an attempt to prevent two escaped mental patients from absconding with it. In an amended judgment, the court found the State of Montana liable for half the verdict and the uninsured motorist (mental patient) liable...

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