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AMMONDSON v. NORTHWESTERN CORP.

No. DA 07-0243.

220 P.3d 1 (2009)

2009 MT 331

353 Mont. 28

Lester E. AMMONDSON, Catherine Couture (as surviving spouse of James W. Couture), Sherwood Christensen, W. Stephen Dee, Charles Guilder, John A. Lahr, Edmond Magone, Elmer Meldahl, John S. Miller, Roger L. Rawls, C. Daniel Regan, Allen T. Smith, George A. Thorson, John B. Van Gelder, and Wilhelmus C. Verbael, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, and Gary G. Drook, Michael J. Hanson, Roger P. Schrum, Keith Kovash, and Kendall G. Kliewer, all as individuals and as corporate officers of Northwestern Corporation, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided October 13, 2009.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellants: John Alke, Elizabeth S. Baker, Hughes, Kellner, Sullivan & Alke, PLLP, Helena, Montana, W. Wayne Harper, Attorney at Law, Butte, Montana.

For Appellees: A. Clifford Edwards, Triel D. Culver, Edwards, Frickle, Anner-Hughes & Culver, Billings, Montana.

Justice PATRICIA O. COTTER delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 Defendants Northwestern Corporation (Northwestern), Gary G. Drook (Drook), Michael J. Hanson (Hanson), Roger P. Schrum (Schrum), Keith Kovash (Kovash), and Kendall G. Kliewer (Kliewer) (collectively Defendants), appeal from a jury verdict rendered against them in the Second Judicial District Court, Silver Bow County. The jury awarded the plaintiffs approximately $17.5 million dollars in compensatory...

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