Nelson v. Montana Power Company

This is an appeal from a Sixth Judicial District Court, Park County judgment, granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting the defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

On November 14,1988, firefighters for the city of Livingston were called to the scene of a fire at Goodtime Sports, a local business, at about 12:30 p.m. No flames were evident but smoke was observed coming from under the eaves.

Livingston Fire Chief Frederick called the dispatch a short time later and requested that they alert Montana Power…