Nelson v. Hartman

This is an appeal of the July 1, 1981, order of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court of Montana granting respondent’s motion for a new trial. Because sufficiency of evidence is a critical question on appeal, we hereafter detail the trial record.

At 11:00 A.M., October 1, 1978, a pickup truck driven by appellant, Harry Hartman, was in a collision with the vehicle in which respondent, Bonita Nelson, was riding. The accident occurred on United States Highway 191, approximately seven miles south of Bozeman, Montana.

Mr. Hartman, as an employee of the Donlan Ranch, was helping move Donlan cattle…