Thieltges v. Royal Alliance Associates, Inc.

¶1 This is the consolidated appeal of orders granting summary judgment in favor of Royal Alliance Associates, Inc., with respect to claims brought by Chevallier Ranch Company, Schindler Livestock, and Richard Thieltges, individually and on behalf of Thieltges Farms, Inc.

¶2 The issue presented for review is whether the facts constituting Appellants’ claims against Royal Alliance were, by their nature, concealed or self-concealing such that they could not have been discovered in the exercise of due diligence.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Chevallier and Schindler are Montana ranching…