Richland National Bank & Trust v. Swenson

The defendants Robert A. Swenson, Judy A. Swenson, and B & J Drilling, Inc., (B & J) appeal the orders of the Montana Seventh Judicial District Court, Richland County, granting summary judgment to the plaintiff Richland National Bank and Trust (the Bank) on the defendants’ counterclaims for breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, fraud, tortious interference with business relations and bad faith against the Bank in its action to collect on certain promissory notes executed by the Swensons to the Bank. We affirm.

The defendants raise several issues on appeal, which we restate as follows:(1) Did…