Lake v. State

The plaintiffs, Dorothy J. Lake and Mary Jo Hodik, individually and as personal representatives of the estates of Charles Edward Lake and James D. Hodik, commenced separate actions in the District Court for the First Judicial District in Lewis and Clark County to recover damages for personal injuries to and the wrongful deaths of their deceased husbands, whom they claim were injured while working on property owned and controlled by the defendant, State of Montana, through its Department of Military Affairs. After the cases were consolidated by the District Court, the State moved the court to…