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LUTZ v. NATIONAL CRANE

No. 92-445.

884 P.2d 455 (1994)

LORI LUTZ, individually and as personal representative of the estate of Gerald Lutz, deceased, Plaintiff, Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. NATIONAL CRANE CORPORATION; a Delaware corporation, Defendant, Appellant and Cross-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided September 1, 1994.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol M. Welch (argued); Hall & Evans, Denver, Colorado; Robert F. James (argued); James, Gray & McCafferty, Great Falls, for appellant.

Joe Bottomly (argued); Bottomly Law Offices, Kalispell; Monte Beck (argued); Beck Law Offices, Bozeman, for respondent.

HARRISON, Justice.

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from a jury verdict in a wrongful death/products liability lawsuit in the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, Montana. The jury returned a verdict of $815,400 in favor of Gerald Lutz's estate. Lutz was killed by electrocution when the crane cable with which he was working contacted a power line. The jury apportioned 20 percent liability to Lutz and 80 percent liability to National Crane, the crane...

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