State Supreme Court / Mont.

Buckman v. Montana Deaconess Hospital

Decided December 12, 1986. Frank B. Morrison Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

730 P.2d 380 · Cited 117 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Neel v. First Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. · 675 P.2d 96
Baker v. List and Clark Construction Co. · 563 P.2d 431
Trusty v. Consolidated Freightways · 681 P.2d 1085
State v. Johnson · 719 P.2d 1248
Pfost v. State · 713 P.2d 495
Madison v. Yunker · 589 P.2d 126
Raisler v. Burlington Northern Railroad · 717 P.2d 535
Spengler v. Employers Commercial Union Insurance · 206 S.E.2d 693
Krause v. Sears Roebuck & Co. · 641 P.2d 458
Harris v. National Truck Service · 321 So. 2d 690
T & W CHEVROLET v. Darvial · 641 P.2d 1368
K-Mart Corp. v. State Industrial Insurance System · 693 P.2d 562
Legowik v. MONTGOMERY WARD & COMPANY · 486 P.2d 867
Kuehn v. National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co. · 521 P.2d 921
Iverson v. Argonaut Insurance Company · 645 P.2d 1366
LaVe v. School Dist. No. 2 · 713 P.2d 546
Ruple v. Bob Peterson Logging Co. · 679 P.2d 1252
Polich v. Whalen's O.K. Tire Warehouse · 661 P.2d 38
Bundtrock v. Duff Chevrolet · 647 P.2d 856
State v. Austad · 641 P.2d 1373
State ex rel. Morgan v. Industrial Accident Board · 130 Mont. 272

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Garmann v. E.R. Fegert Co. · 736 P.2d 123
Odenbach v. Buffalo Rapids Project · 225 Mont. 96
State v. Ariegwe · 2007 MT 204
Meech v. Hillhaven West, Inc. · 776 P.2d 488
Powell v. State Compensation Insurance Fund · 2000 MT 321
State v. Raul Sanchez · 2008 MT 27
State v. Maine · 2011 MT 90
Kafka v. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks · 348 Mont. 80
Clarke v. Massey · 897 P.2d 1085
Wunderlich v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. · 892 P.2d 563
Total Mechanical Heating & Air Conditioning v. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS DIVISION · 2002 MT 55
Wiard v. Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp. · 2003 MT 295
Smith v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF EMP. RETIREMENT · 851 So. 2d 1100
Rausch v. State Compensation Insurance Fund · 2002 MT 203
Phelps v. Hillhaven Corp. · 752 P.2d 737
Wilson v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance · 903 P.2d 785
Wild v. Fregein Construction · 2003 MT 115
Simms v. State Compensation Insurance Fund · 2005 MT 175

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