Grindheim v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America

MEMORANDUM DECISION

HATFIELD, Chief Judge.

I

This action has its genesis in a civil lawsuit instituted in the District Court for the Tenth Judicial District, Fergus County, Montana, by Lyle and Barbara Grindheim against the Hutterian Brethren of Deerfield (a/k/a Deer-field Colony). Grindheim v. Deerfield Colony, cause No. DV-92-74 (“Grindheim action”). In the Grindheim action, the Grin-dheims sought compensatory and punitive damages for injuries they sustained relative to the use and enjoyment of their property resulting from the conduct of the Deerfield Colony; an adjoining landowner.…