Renville v. Fredrickson

¶1 This Court issued its original Opinion in this case on August 31, 2004. See Renville v. Frederickson, 2004 MT 239, 322 Mont. 503 (Renville I). Frederickson filed a Petition for Rehearing on September 15,2004. Renville filed her Objections to the Petition for Rehearing on September 23, 2004. In her Petition, Frederickson raised an issue that was neither briefed nor argued in the original briefs submitted to this Court. While the failure to raise this issue initially on appeal would normally justify a summary denial of the Petition for Rehearing, we conclude that, in the interest of clarity…