Dawson v. Hill & Hill Truck Lines

By declaratory relief, petitioners request this Court to an*326swer the following question certified by the United States District Court for the District of Montana, Great Falls Division:

“Are damages for the sorrow, mental distress or grief of the parents of a deceased minor recoverable in a wrongful death action brought pursuant to section 27-1-512, MCA, 1979?”

This is a wrongful death action arising out of a five-vehicle crash which occurred on a snowy day in January, 1982, on U.S. Highway 87 between Belt and Great Falls, Montana. The petitioners, James H. Dawson and Dolores J. Dawson, allege…