Rogers v. Western Airline

In the above-captioned causes, Northwest Airlines and Western Airlines each appeal from the separate summary judgments entered against them in favor of the City of Great Falls in the District Court, Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County. Since the cases involve common legal questions, they were consolidated on appeal to this Court.

In the Western Airlines case, Ruth M. Rogers, a Los Angeles resident, had traveled to Montana for a Christmas vacation visit with her family at the town of Lothair. On January 4, 1972, she came to the Great Falls airport to board a Western Airlines flight for her…