WOLLASTON v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

No. 14795.

612 P.2d 1277 (1980)

Harold WOLLASTON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., a Delaware Corp., and Sanders County, Montana, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided June 17, 1980.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Connor, Van Valkenburg & Larrivee, Paul Smith, argued, Missoula, for plaintiff and appellant.

Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, Robert E. Sheridan, Jr., argued, Missoula, Kroschel, Peterson & Koolen, Billings, for defendants and respondents.


SHEEHY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of Sanders County, Montana, upon a jury verdict in the Fourth Judicial District, Sanders County, arising out of a train-vehicle collision in which the plaintiff, Harold Wollaston, was injured.

The collision occurred on January 19, 1974, at a grade crossing approximately one mile east of Thompson Falls, Montana. The plaintiff, Harold Wollaston, was operating a 1967 Pontiac in a northerly direction...

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