Opinion ID: 889689
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Text: ¶ 8 We review summary judgment rulings de novo, applying the same M.R. Civ. P. 56 criteria as the district court. Gaston Eng'g & Surveying, P.C. v. Oakwood Props., LLC, 2011 MT 44, ¶ 11, 359 Mont. 341, 249 P.3d 75. The moving party must establish both the absence of genuine issues of material fact and entitlement to judgment as a matter of law. Once the moving party has met its burden, the opposing party must present material and substantial evidence, rather than mere conclusory or speculative statements, to raise a genuine issue of material fact. Hern v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Ill., 2005 MT 301, ¶ 18, 329 Mont. 347, 125 P.3d 597. The evidence must be analyzed in the most favorable light to the non-moving party, and all reasonable inferences are to be drawn in favor of the non-moving party. Gaston, ¶ 11. We review a district court's conclusions of law for correctness. Gaston, ¶ 11.