Bockman-Fryberger v. State

Justice Beth Baker delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***350¶1 Christy A. Bockman-Fryberger drove her vehicle into the back of a slow-moving, front-end loader on U.S. Highway 93, south of Ronan, on a January night. The loader was owned and operated by the Montana Department of Transportation (MDOT). Bockman-Fryberger ***351filed suit against the State to recover damages for injuries sustained in the collision. A Lewis and Clark County jury found Bockman-Fryberger fifty-one percent at fault in the accident. On appeal, Bockman-Fryberger argues that the District Court violated the law when it…