NAVE v. HARLAN JONES DRILLING

No. 90-589.

827 P.2d 1239 (1992)

Debra NAVE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Larry E. Nave, Jr., Deceased; and Debra Nave, Surviving Spouse; and Beau D. Nave, Surviving Son, through Debra Nave, Conservator, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HARLAN JONES DRILLING and COP Construction Co., a Montana Corporation, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided February 20, 1992.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd E. Hartford, Billings, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Michael Heringer, Anderson, Brown, Gerbase, Cebull, Fulton, Harman & Ross, Billings, for defendants and respondents.


TRIEWEILER, Justice.

Larry Nave, Jr., a construction worker, was employed on a highway construction project near Broadus, Montana. He was injured when the crank of a water pump struck him in the face. Nave sued the supplier of the pump (Harlan Jones Drilling) and the general contractor on the construction project (COP Construction Co.). In 1989, Nave committed suicide. His wife and son were substituted as plaintiffs.

Before trial, the District Court for the...

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