Tribby v. Northwestern Bank of Great Falls

Morrell Tribby filed suit against Northwestern National Bank of Great Falls (hereinafter Norwest) on December 23, 1980, alleging that it wrongfully honored checks on a partnership account without Tribby’s required approval and that Norwest retaliated for the initial suit by refusing to make automatic loan advances on a personal account. The jury verdict, following a trial in the fall of 1983, awarded Tribby $119,890 compensatory and $1,000,000 punitive damages on the first claim and found for Norwest on the second *202claim. Norwest appeals the trial court’s ruling on its objections to the jury…