Court Opinion

ID: 9508916
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:40:35.990371+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:07:41.658435
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE TRIEWEILER
dissenting in part and concurring in part.
I would not follow Story v. City of Bozeman (1990), 242 Mont. 436, 791 P.2d 767. The tort law of bad faith evolved through careful reasoning and long experience to take the profit out of dishonest and oppressive business practices. Story returned that profit for those in superior bargaining positions.
Every consumer and small businessman and woman in Montana are worse off because of Story.
Therefore, I would affirm the judgment of the District Court.
Other than the majority’s reversal of the judgment for punitive damages based on Story, I concur in the majority opinion.