LAKE v. STATE

No. 96-095.

938 P.2d 698 (1997)

Dorothy J. LAKE, on her own behalf, and as the personal representative of the estate of Charles Edward Lake, deceased, on behalf of his heirs, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE of Montana, Defendant and Respondent. Mark Jeffrey HODIK, a minor, in his own behalf, and by Mary Jo Hodik, his next friend and the personal representative of the estate of James D. Hodik, deceased, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE of Montana, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided May 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira D. Eakin (argued) and Michael G. Eiselein; Lynaugh, Fitzgerald, Eiselein & Eakin; Billing, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Anita Harper Poe (argued), Sherman V. Lohn, and William Evan Jones; Garlington, Lohn & Robinson; Missoula, for Defendant and Respondent.


TRIEWEILER, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Dorothy J. Lake and Mary Jo Hodik, individually and as personal representatives of the estates of Charles Edward Lake and James D. Hodik, commenced separate actions in the District Court for the First Judicial District in Lewis and Clark County to recover damages for personal injuries to and the wrongful deaths of their deceased husbands, whom they claim were injured while working on property...

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