Professor Munro is the Director of Professional Skills. An innovator in professional skills instruction and assessment, Professor Munro teaches PreTrial Advocacy, Trial Practice and Insurance Law.
Professor Munro was a civil trial lawyer in Billings, Montana, for thirteen years practicing in the areas of product liability, medical malpractice, construction site safety, premises liability, automobile accidents, and bank and insurance bad faith tort. He joined the faculty in 1988. He is a past president of the Montana Trial Lawyers Association.
Professor Munro received the $1,000 James Hartley Beal Award of the American Society of Pharmacy Law for best paper presented to the society in 1990.
He earned his B.A. in 1970 and his J.D. in 1975 from The University of Montana.
Professor Munro's publications include:
WRITING IN PROGRESS
The Case of the Disappearing
Diving Boards: The Role of Insurance in Prohibiting
Risk in Our Society.
BOOKS
Outcomes Assessment for Law Schools
(Inst. for L. Sch. Teaching 2000).
BOOK CHAPTERS
Findings of Fact and Conclusions
of Law in the Domestic Violence Case in Domestic
Violence Civil Law Manual (ABA Commn. on Dom.
Violence & Sec. for Litig. 2000) (with Betty
Garlow).
Findings of Fact and Conclusions
of Law in Montana Judge's
Desk Book (Mont.
JJ. Assn. 2000).
Multiple Defendants and Unnamed
Defendants in Negligence Actions in Montana
Judge's Desk Book ch. 16 (Mont.
JJ. Assn. 2000).
Causation in Montana after Busta
v. Columbus Hospital in Montana
Judge's Desk Book ch. 18 (Mont.
JJ. Assn. 2000).
Stacking Automobile Insurance
Coverages in Montana in Montana
Judge's Desk Book ch. 19 (Mont.
JJ. Assn. 2000).
LAW REVIEW ARTICLES
How Do We Know If We Are Achieving
Our Goals? Strategies for Assessing the Outcome
of Curricular Innovation, 1 J. Assn. Leg.
Writing Dirs. 229 (2002).
Defense Within Limits: The Conflicts
of "Wasting" or "Cannibalizing" Insurance
Policies, 62 Mont. L. Rev. 133 (2001).
A Response to the Critique of
Regulation of Mail-Order Pharmacy, 12 J. Legal
Med. 267 (June 1991).
Regulation of Mail-Order Pharmacy,
12 J. Legal Med. 1 (March 1991).
Integrating Theory and Practice
in a Competency-based Curriculum: Academic Planning
at the University of Montana School of Law,
52 Mont. L. Rev. 345 (1991).
BAR JOURNAL ARTICLES
Voiding Auto Insurance Clauses
for Violating Public Policy, Trial Trends
(Autumn 2004).
Insurance Coverage for Damages
for Emotional Distress in Montana, Trial Trends
(Summer 2004).
Obtaining Separate Limits of
Auto Coverage for Each “Occurrence” or “Accident,”
Trial Trends (Autumn 2003).
Obtaining Attorney Fees in Actions
Against Insurers, Trial Trends (Summer 2003).
Exposing “Illusory” Underinsured
Motorist Coverage, Trial Trends (Winter 2003).
The Constitutional Attack on
Montana’s Anti-Stacking Statute, Trial
Trends (Autumn 2002).
The Duty of the Agent or Broker
to Recommend Underinsured Motorist Coverage with
Adequate Limits, Trial Trends (Summer 2002).
The Case against Montana’s
Anti-Stacking Statute, Trial Trends (Spring
2002).
Exclusions for War and Terrorism:
Who Will Pay for Man-Made Catastrophes?, Trial
Trends (Winter 2002).
The Case Against Subrogation,
Trial Trends (Autumn 2001).
The Insurer’s Reservation
of Rights Letter and the Duty to Defend, Trial
Trends (Summer 2001).
Invalidating the Family or Household
Exclusion in Auto Insurance, Trial Trends
(Spring 2001).
Driving the Stake into the Comparative
Bad Faith Defense and Reverse Bad Faith Claims,
Trial Trends (Winter 2001).
The “Household” or “Family” Exclusion
in Auto Policies, Trial Trends (Autumn 2000).
Development and Status of Insurance
Bad Faith in Montana, Trial Trends
(Summer 2000).
Securing Insurance Coverage
of Medical Expense and Avoiding Subrogation,
Trial Trends 43 (Spring 2000).
Avoiding the Intentional Acts
Exclusion in Casualty Insurance, Trial
Trends (Winter 2000).
Defense within Limits: The Conflicts
of “Wasting" or “Cannibalizing” Insurance
Policies, Trial Trends (Autumn 1999).
“Stacking” in Montana
in 1999, Trial Trends (Summer 1999).
Invalidating Auto Policy Provisions
in Montana, Trial Trends (Winter 1999).
Montana Law and the Out-of-State
Insurance Policy, Trial Trends (Autumn
1998).
Underinsured Motorist Coverage,
Trial Trends (Summer 1998).
Assessment of Professional Skills
at the Law School, Mont. Law. (Spring
1998).
Innocents and Experience: The
Disturbing Record of Tort Reform in Montana,
Trial Trends (Summer 1993).
Alternative Dispute Resolution
in the Law School, Mont. Law. (Apr.
1992).
The following insurance articles are available for downloading:
Voiding Auto Insurance Clauses for Violating Public Policy
Insurance Coverage for Damages for Emotional Distress in Montana
Obtaining Separate Limits of Auto Coverage for Each "Occurrence" or "Accident"
Obtaining Attorney Fee in Actions Against Insurers
Exposing "Illusory" Underinsured Motorist Coverage
The Duty of the Agent or Broker to Recommend Underinsured Motorist Coverage With Adequate Limits
The Case Against Montana's Anti-Stacking Statute
Exclusions for War and Terrorism: Who Will Pay for Man-Made Catastrophies?
The Case Against Subrogation
The Insurer's Reservation of Rights Letter and the Duty to Defend
Invalidating the Family or Household Exclusion in Auto Insurance
Driving the Stake into the Comparative Bad Faith Defense and Reverse Bad Faith Claims
The "Household" or "Family" Exclusion in Auto Policies
Securing Insurance Coverage of Medical Expense and Avoiding Subrogation
Avoiding the Intentional Acts Exclusion in Casualty Insurance
Defense Within Limits: The Conflicts of "Wasting" or "Cannibalizing" Insurance Policies
"Stacking" in Montana in 1999
Invalidating Auto Policy Provisions in Montana
Montana Law and the Out-of-State Insurance Policy
Underinsured Motorist Coverage in Montana
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