LUCERO v. FORD MOTOR CO.

DA 18-0629.

444 P.3d 389 (2019)

2019 MT 150

Charles S. LUCERO, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Markkaya Jean Gullett, on Behalf of the Heirs and Estate of Markkaya Jean Gullett, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Defendant and Appellant, and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio Corporation; The Kelly-Springfield Tire Corporation, a Maryland Corporation; Lloyd's Tire Service, a Washington Corporation; Tires Plus, Inc., a Montana Corporation; and Does 1 through 10, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided: July 2, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Ian McIntosh , Marcia Davenport , Crowley Fleck, PLLP, Bozeman, Montana, Vaughn A. Crawford , Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, Arizona.

For Appellee: Daniel P. Buckley , Buckley Law Office, PC, Bozeman, Montana, Dennis P. Conner , Keith D. Marr , James Robert "JR" Conner , Conner & Marr, PLLP, Great Falls, Montana.


¶1 Defendant Ford Motor Company (Ford) files an interlocutory appeal challenging the Eighth Judicial District Court's denial of its motion to change venue. We affirm.

¶2 This Court restates the issue on appeal as follows:

Whether the county in which a decedent...

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