Sizemore v. Montana Power Co.

Defendant, Montana Power Company (MPC), appeals from a jury verdict of the Seventeenth Judicial District, Blaine County. The jury *40awarded plaintiff, Spencer Sizemore (Sizemore), damages for injuries sustained when an I-beam he was holding came into contact with a high voltage power line owned by MPC. The jury found that 15% of Sizemore’s injuries was attributable to his own negligence, 20% was attributable to his co-worker, Keith Kessel (Kessel), and 65% was attributable to the negligence of MPC. We affirm.

We rephrase the issues as follows:

1) Whether the District Court erred when it allowed…