Willis v. St. Peter's Hospital

*418MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court of Lewis and Clark County granting defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s case-in-chief. Only one issue is presented for review. Did the trial court err in granting defendant’s motion, basing its holding on a recent case of this Court, Luebeck v. Safeway Stores, Inc., 152 Mont 88, 446 P.2d 921?

Plaintiff is Gary L. Willis, who on January 23, 1969, was a patrolman on the Helena City Police Force. Defendant is St. Peter’s Hospital, a…