RIDLEY v. GUARANTY NAT. INS. CO.

No. 96-697.

951 P.2d 987 (1997)

Keith RIDLEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GUARANTY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted October 28, 1997.

Decided December 24, 1997.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing January 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Morrison (argued), Meloy & Morrison, Helena, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Guy W. Rogers (argued) and Tiffany B. Lonnevik, Brown, Gerbase, Cebull, Fulton, Harman & Ross, Billings, for Defendant and Respondent.

Ira Eakin and Michael G. Eiselein, Lynaugh, Fitzgerald & Eiselein, Billings, for Amici Curiae Montana Trial Lawyers Association.

Mark Staples, Staples Law Office, Helena, for Amici Curiae Montana Chiropractic Association.


TRIEWEILER, Justice.

The plaintiff, Keith Ridley, filed a complaint for declaratory judgment against the defendant, Guaranty National Insurance Company, in the District Court for the First Judicial District in Lewis and Clark County. Ridley sought a District Court judgment that § 33-18-201, MCA, of the Montana Unfair Trade Practices Act requires a tort-feasor's insurer to pay the actual medical expenses of a tort victim as they are incurred when liability is...

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