Krohmer v. Dahl

This appeal arises as the result of a jury verdict in the sum of $85,000.00, being awarded to the respondent in the District Court of the Eighteenth Judicial District. Of the total verdict, $50,000.00 was awarded on the basis of a survivorship action and the remaining $35,000.00 given as the result of a wrongful death claim.

The appellants, defendants below, are the Dahl Funeral Home of Bozeman, Montana, a partnership, and Emil H. Dahl and Eldon H. Dahl, the owners thereof. The respondent, plaintiff below, is Melvin D. Krohmer, administrator of the estate of his son, Melvyn D. Krohmer,…