Kuchan v. Harvey

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the Silver Bow County District Court awarding plaintiff damages of $40,020 for personal injuries.

Plaintiff was injured when he was struck by defendant’s automobile near the center of Utah Street in Butte, Montana, shortly after midnight on March 7, 1976.

Plaintiff came to Butte for a basketball tournament on March 6, 1976. He had arrived in Butte in time for the Saturday morning basketball games. Between those games and the evening games, plaintiff had several beers to drink. Plaintiff knows he went to the evening games, but the…