Folda v. City of Bozeman

Plaintiff appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendant V.F.W. Club and from orders of the District Court granting directed verdicts in favor of defendants City of Bozeman & The Frater nal Order of Eagles No. 326 (Eagles) in plaintiff’s suit for the death of his daughter.

In the early morning hours of June 7, 1975, Mary Folda, aged 17, and her friend, Cindy Williams, drowned in Bozeman Creek, within the City of Bozeman, Montana.

Earlier in the evening Cindy had pickup up Mary at her parents’ home in Belgrade and had driven into Bozeman. Friends of Mary saw her in the Arcade Bar sometime…