Streich & Associates, Inc. v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance

This is an appeal from the Flathead County District Court’s denial of a motion for change of venue. We affirm.

We note at the outset that although the new venue provisions in the Montana Code were not in effect when the District Court handled this matter, they apply to this appeal. See Weiss v. State (Mont. 1986), [219 Mont. 447,] 712 P.2d 1315, 43 St.Rep. 82. The current Section 25-2-122, MCA, provides that proper venue for a tort action is where defendant resides, or where the tort was committed.

In this case, we are asked to determine where an alleged insurer bad faith tort was committed. If…