United States Ninth Circuit

In a wrongful death action, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the district court should have granted defendant's motion for a new trial in light of various trial errors.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/05/2004
• Decided 02/07/2005
• Published 02/07/2005

Judges

• CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:, Before: KLEINFELD, CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges, and BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan J. Rebeck, Nick A.W. Rotering, Montana Department of Transportation Legal Services, Helena, MT, for the amicus curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles G. Cole and Alice E. Loughran, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC, for the defendant-appellant., Alexander (Zander) Blewett, III and Kurt M. Jackson, Hoyt & Blewett PLLC, Great Falls, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.