Hash v. State

Plaintiffs, Charles L. Hash, personal representative of the estate of Michael M. Scott, and Debbie Jo Scott, appeal from a judgment entered against them and in favor of defendant, State of Montana, after a jury trial in the District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District, Flathead County, Montana. We affirm.

Plaintiffs raise the following issues:

1. Did the District Court err in denying plaintiffs’ motions for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict?

2. Did the District Court err in giving two jury instructions to which plaintiffs objected?

On September 22, 1984, an early…