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McKillop Accident Litigation
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1982-1987 (Creation)
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0.25 m of textual records
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Series consists of files for McKillop’s lawsuit in Montana arising from a motor vehicle accident in 1982 that left him seriously injured and permanently disabled. McKillop joined the bar of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana to represent himself in the lawsuit but later also engaged Montana counsel. The defendants were Blackfeet Indians. The accident took place on a state highway within the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana, raising jurisdictional issues, and was eventually carried forward in United States District Court. The case was settled in McKillop’s favour in 1984. The series includes court documents filed at different levels of court in Montana, depositions, medical reports, economic reports on McKillop’s loss of income, correspondence with Montana counsel and insurers involved in the litigation and settlement, and research files on American tort and aboriginal law.