Continental Insurance v. Bottomly

Gene Bottomly and Van Bottomly appeal from an order of partial summary judgment granted by the District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District, Flathead County, in favor of plaintiff Continental Insurance Company. The District Court held that neither of the defendants were “residents of the household” of the named insured Richard Bottomly within the meaning of Continental Insurance Company Preferred Farmowner’s policy.

We reverse.

The issues on appeal are:

1) Whether the District Court erred in granting partial summary judgment to Continental Insurance Company (Continental) which in effect…