DAY v. PAYNE

No. 96-311.

929 P.2d 864 (1996)

LaSchell K. DAY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Robert R. PAYNE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Douglas, Douglas Law Firm, Libby, Tom K. Hopgood; Luxan & Murfitt; Helena, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mark L. Stermitz and Heidi Fanslow; Warden, Christiansen, Johnson & Berg; Kalispell, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


TRIEWEILER, Justice.

On May 20, 1994, LaSchell Day filed a complaint in the District Court for the Nineteenth Judicial District in Lincoln County against her adoptive father, Robert R. Payne, in which she alleged that she had been sexually abused by Payne and in which she sought special, general, and punitive damages from Payne for that abuse. Following a four-day jury trial in January 1996, the jury returned a verdict in...

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