Allen v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

¶1 Columbia Falls Aluminum Company, LLC (CFAC) appeals from an order of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County, denying its motion for change of venue. We affirm.

¶2 The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in denying CFAC’s motion to change venue.

*234PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Respondent Robert W. Allen and forty-six other plaintiffs (hereafter collectively “Allen”) seek damages for personal injuries and loss of consortium stemming from the contraction of asbestos related disease by them or their spouses. Allen filed this original complaint on July 6, 2001, and…