BEVACQUA v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

No. 14187.

598 P.2d 1124 (1979)

J. L. BEVACQUA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., a corporation, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoyt & Lewis, John C. Hoyt, argued, Great Falls, for plaintiff and appellant.

Kurt W. Kroschel, argued, Billings, for defendant and respondent.


SHEA, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from an order of the Cascade County District Court dismissing his complaint without prejudice on the ground that suit was brought in an inconvenient forum.

Plaintiff Bevacqua is a resident of Spokane, Washington, and has been employed by the defendant railroad since 1947. Defendant railroad as a Minnesota Corporation doing business as a common carrier in Montana and throughout the Northwest. Plaintiff alleges that while operating...

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