Legal Opinion
Onstad v. Payless Shoesource
Montana Supreme Court
Decided August 24, 2000No. 99-462PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage
¶1 A Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, jury awarded Katie Onstad $500,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages on her complaint that her employer, Payless ShoeSource, failed to provide her with a safe place to work. Payless appeals. We affirm.
¶2 The issues are:
¶3 1. Whether the District Court erred in rejecting Payless’s workers’ compensation exclusive remedy defense.
¶4 2. Whether the court erroneously allowed police officers to give expert opinion testimony when they were never qualified as experts.
¶5 3. Whether the court erroneously gave…
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