Rosendale v. Victory Ins. Co.

Justice James Jeremiah Shea delivered the Opinion of the Court.

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Whether the District Court erred in granting Victory's Motion to Change Venue on the basis that the venue provision in § 33-2-1118, MCA, controlled over the venue provision in § 25-2-124, MCA.

¶2 We affirm.

PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Victory is a Montana workers' compensation insurance…