Legal Opinion
Bates v. Anderson
Montana Supreme Court
Decided January 13, 2014No. DA 13-0374PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cotter
¶1 Gary Bates (Bates) appeals from the orders of the Eleventh *253Judicial District Court, Flathead County, denying his motion to withdraw or amend his admissions and granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. We reverse and remand.
¶2 A restatement of the dispositive issue on appeal is:
¶3 Did the District Court abuse its discretion in denying Bates’s motion to withdraw or amend his deemed admissions under Rule 36(b), Montana Rules of Civil Procedure ?
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶4 In September 1999, Bates, a Michigan resident, visited Montana for a hunting trip organized by…
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