LACOCK v. 4B'S RESTAURANTS, INC.

No. 95-431.

919 P.2d 373 (1996)

Larry R. LACOCK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. 4B's RESTAURANTS, INC., a Montana Corporation, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided May 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold H. Harrison, Helena, Gene A. Picotte, Helena, for appellant.

Larry E. Riley, Susan P. Roy; Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, Missoula, for respondent.


LEAPHART, Justice.

Appellant, Larry R. Lacock (Lacock) appeals from the jury verdict of the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, concluding that negligence on the part of defendant, 4B's Restaurant (4B's), was not the proximate cause of Lacock's damages. We reverse.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the District Court abused its discretion in giving the jury an instruction on proximate cause which omitted the last sentence of Montana Pattern...

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