Kyriss v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.

OPINION AND ORDER

LOVELL, District Judge.

On October 3, 1985, the Supreme Court of Montana upheld a damage award in the amount of $225,000 in favor of the above-named plaintiff against the State of Montana and two physicians, Roger A. Ganfield and Leonard M. Benjamin, who treated Frank Templin at the Montana State Prison. Kyriss v. State of Montana, et al., 42 St.Rep. 1487, 707 P.2d 5 (Mont.1985). Frank Templin was incarcerated for forging a check in the amount of $30.00. While imprisoned, Templin’s right great toe became infected. Over a period of time his condition worsened, eventually…