OSTERMILLER v. ALVORD

No. 85-466.

720 P.2d 1198 (1986)

Gregory D. OSTERMILLER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Michael ALVORD, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided June 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nash, Wellcome, Frost, Guenther & Zimmer, Page Wellcome, Bozeman, for plaintiff and appellant.

Poore, Roth & Robinson, Douglas A. Buxbaum, Butte, for defendant and respondent.


WEBER, Justice.

Plaintiff Gregory Ostermiller appeals in this dental malpractice action. The District Court for Gallatin County entered a judgment on a jury verdict for defendant. We affirm.

The issues are:

1. Was it error for the court to allow defense counsel to communicate with a treating physician of the plaintiff during trial, without the plaintiff's consent?

2. Did the court err by allowing certain expert testimony and by allowing Dr...

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