D'HOOGE v. McCANN

No. 11378.

443 P.2d 747 (1968)

Robert Rick D'HOOGE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. James McCANN, Sr. and James McCann, Jr., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided July 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jardine, Stephenson, Blewett & Weaver, Great Falls, for appellants. L. Morris Ormseth, argued, Great Falls.

Hoyt & Bottomly, Great Falls, for respondent. Richard V. Bottomly, argued, Great Falls.


HASWELL, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendants from a judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $47,000 rendered upon a jury verdict in a personal injury action in the district court of Blaine County.

Plaintiff is Robert Rick D'Hooge, a twenty-year old ranch hand employed by defendants, who sustained severe burns in the course of his employment while cleaning the engine block on a tractor. He was using a wall paper brush and a pail of gasoline furnished by his...

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