Truman v. Montana Eleventh Judicial District Court

¶1 The Plaintiff, Kessley Truman, filed a complaint in the District Court for the Eleventh Judicial District in Flathead County, in which she alleged that the Defendant, Scott McGuffie, was liable for damages she suffered in an automobile accident. Truman filed a motion for summary judgment and requested that the District Court prohibit the Defendant from asserting a non-party affirmative defense and from presenting evidence of subsequent accidents at trial. The District Court concluded that McGuffie could not assert a non-party affirmative defense, however, was permitted to introduce…