Bissett v. DMI, INC.
Montana Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gulbrandson
Zena Bissett, plaintiff and appellant, appeals from a summary judgment entered for defendants in the Yellowstone County District Court. The District Court determined that the plaintiff’s complaint *155did not state a claim because her acts of drinking alcoholic beverages, rather than the defendants’ acts of serving them, proximately caused the accident resulting in plaintiffs injuries. We vacate and remand.
The plaintiff was born March 27, 1965, making her eighteen years old on November 2, 1983, the date of the accident giving rise to this litigation. That evening, after drinking several beers at…
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