Sistok v. Northwestern Telephone Systems, Inc.

The appeal results from a directed verdict in an action for invasion of privacy brought in the District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District, in and for the County of Flathead.

Respondent is a telephone company or common communications carrier serving subscribers in Flathead County. Prior to July 1975, respondent received several complaints from its subscribers regarding problems on one of its party lines. The problems complained of consisted partly of mechanical problems and partly of personal abuses. The mechanical problems were primarily crackling *84background noises on the party line. The…