Ballenger v. Northern Lights, Inc.

Joel Ballenger appeals from an order of summary judgment granted by the District Court of the Twentieth Judicial District, Sanders County, in favor of defendant, Northern Lights, Inc. The District Court held that Northern Lights owed no duty to Ballenger to provide electricity for his irrigation pumps. We affirm.

The sole issue on appeal is:

Whether the District Court erred in determining that Northern Lights had no duty to provide electricity for Ballenger’s irrigation pumps.

Joel Ballenger has been a farmer-rancher in Sanders County, Montana, for over 30 years. The area where Ballenger lives…