McGuire v. Nelson

Plaintiff Douglas R. McGuire appeals from a judgment entered in the district court, Gallatin County, when, after presentation of plaintiff’s case in chief, the court granted a motion for a directed verdict in favor of defendant American Honda Company.

The action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages, suffered as a result of a motorcycle accident involving a motorcycle owned by plaintiff and manufactured by defendant.

Plaintiff, while riding the motorcycle with his wife behind him, began a descent down an incline in an area near Bozeman, Montana used by motorcyclists and known as the…