Noonan v. Spring Creek Forest Products, Inc.

Randal Noonan appeals an order of the Yellowstone County District Court granting the motion for summary judgment of Spring Creek Forest Products, Inc. The trial court’s order effectively dismissed the employee’s civil action for damages based on intentional tort. We affirm.

Noonan was employed by Spring Creek as a wood planer operator in July of 1980. Spring Creek is a sawmill located near Judith Gap. This was Noonan’s first full-time job as the nineteen-year-old had just graduated from high school.

The employee’s job required him to feed rough-cut lumber through a planer to be milled to the…