HAINES PIPELINE CONST. v. MONTANA POWER

No. 90-281.

830 P.2d 1230 (1991)

HAINES PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION, INC., Plaintiff, Respondent and Cross-Appellant, v. MONTANA POWER COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 16, 1991.

Rehearing Denied March 4, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Toole and Donald L. Harris (argued), Crowley Law Firm, Billings.

Sam E. Haddon and Randy J. Cox argued, Boone, Karlberg & Haddon, Missoula. for plaintiff, respondent and cross-appellant.


McDONOUGH, Jutice.

This is an appeal from a bench trial and judgment in the Second Judicial District Court, Silver Bow County. Defendant, Montana Power Company (MPC), appeals the judgment awarding Haines Pipeline Construction, Inc. (Haines), $502,361.26 in compensatory damages and $1,000,000 in punitive damages for MPC's breach of a construction contract to build a natural gas pipeline. Haines has cross-appealed the portion of the judgment failing to award Haines...

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