Lyndes v. Scofield

Plaintiffs Kellogg and Rosemary Lyndes (Lyndes) filed this action against defendant Ruthanne Scofield (Scofield) on October 7, 1977, in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County, to recover damages arising out of an automobile collision.

Lyndes alleged that Scofield negligently and carelessly operated her vehicle causing it to collide with the Lyndes’ vehicle and that as a direct and proximate result of Scofield’s negligence, Rosemary Lyndes was injured and the vehicle damaged.

The cause was tried before a jury on April 17, 1978, the Honorable Edward T. Dussault…