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BASSETT v. LAMANTIA

OP 17-0322.

417 P.3d 299 (2018)

2018 MT 119

Robert D. BASSETT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Paul LAMANTIA; City of Billings, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided: May 8, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: R. Russell Plath (argued), Hayley Kemmick , Russ Plath Law, LLC, Billings, Montana.

For Appellees: Harlan B. Krogh (argued), Eric Edward Nord , Crist, Krogh & Nord, PLLC, Billings, Montana (for City of Billings), Brendon J. Rohan (argued), Poore, Roth & Robinson, P.C., Butte, Montana (for Paul Lamantia).

For Amici Curiae: Justin P. Stalpes (argued), Beck, Amsden & Stalpes, PLLC, Bozeman, Montana (for MTLA), Marty Lambert , Gallatin County Attorney, Bozeman, Montana (for MCAA, MSPOA, MACOP, and MPPA), Todd Hammer , Tammy Wyatt-Shaw , Benjamin J. Hammer , Hammer, Quinn & Shaw, PLLC, Kalispell, Montana (for MLCT, IMLA and MACo).

¶ 1 The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit presented the following certified question to this Court on May 30, 2017: "Whether, under Montana law, the public duty doctrine shields a law enforcement officer from liability for negligence where the officer is the direct...

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