Brown v. North Am Mfg. Co
Defective Products + Consumer Protection
A landmark product liability case in Montana, Dale McGarvey, and Jon Heberling represented Dean Brown who lost a leg in a defective ranch auger. Dale McGarvey was an expert in condemnation cases and brilliantly portrayed the case in damages as essentially as one of a taking of the ranch, due to the disability of the ranch manager, Dean Brown. Damages were in terms of loss of ranch earnings. The verdict of $325,000 was the largest in Flathead County history, up to that time. Brown is a fundamental case for strict liability in tort as it overrules the patent latent rule and is cited frequently in product liability cases in Montana.
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