Osman v. Cavalier

¶1 Appellants Phoenix Cavalier and Redhawksfeather Blanks (‘Defendants”) appeal from an order of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Musselshell County, awarding punitive damages to Appellees Timothy Osman and David Krone (‘Plaintiffs”) in the amount of their attorney fees in an easement dispute.

¶2 We review the following issue on appeal:

¶3 Whether the District Court properly awarded Plaintiffs punitive damages in the amount of their attorney fees based on Defendants’ alleged malicious conduct.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶4 Plaintiffs and Defendants own, or have a property interest in,…