TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY v. BUXBAUM

No. 01-723.

69 P.3d 663 (2003)

2003 MT 97

TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Douglas A. BUXBAUM, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Christopher D. Jones; Bruce M. Bittner, Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Derek T. Krueger; Otto Krueger, Individually and as Co-Personal Representative of the Estate of Derek T. Krueger; and Jill J. Krueger, Individually, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided April 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Tom W. Stonecipher (argued), John H. Tarlow, Tarlow & Stonecipher, Bozeman, Montana, Michael R. Fruehwald, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, Indiana, For Respondent.

Dane J. Durham, Attorney at Law, Missoula, Montana, For Amicus Montana Trial Lawyers Association.

James A. Donahue, Davis, Hatley, Haffeman & Tighe, Great Falls, Montana, For Amicus Montana Defense Trial Lawyers, Inc.


Justice JIM REGNIER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 In the summer of 1998, three Indiana University students traveled to Montana to assist an Indiana University professor with an instructional project devoted to forest habitat. While in Montana, the three students and a fourth Indiana resident were involved in a single vehicle accident on Interstate 90 between Cardwell and Three Forks, Montana. The accident resulted in the deaths of Christopher Jones...

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