WATTS v. MONTANA RAIL LINK, INC.

No. 94-039.

975 P.2d 283 (1999)

1999 MT 18

Robert R. WATTS, Danial K. Newman, Paul F. Nardella, Dennis A. Thorson, Danna Parrow, and Jack Lowe, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MONTANA RAIL LINK, INC., a Montana corporation, and Livingston Rebuild Center, Inc., a Montana corporation, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted June 12, 1997.

Decided February 8, 1999.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monte D. Beck (argued) and John J. Richardson (argued), Beck & Richardson; Bozeman, Montana, For Appellants.

Ronald B. MacDonald (argued) and Darla J. Keck; Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C.; Missoula, Montana, for Montana Rail Link.

Jon T. Dyre (argued); Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, P.L.L.P.; Billings, Montana; and Kenneth D. Tolliver (argued); Wright, Tolliver & Guthals, P.C.; Billings, Montana, for Livingston Rebuild Center.


Justice TERRY N. TRIEWEILER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Plaintiffs filed complaints in the District Court for the Sixth Judicial District in Park County in which they named the Livingston Rebuild Center, Inc. (LRC), and Montana Rail Link, Inc. (MRL), as defendants and sought damages pursuant to the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) found at 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 to 60. They allege that they were injured during the course of their employment...

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