Jury's verdict split on MSU-N

A former Skylights basketball player won part of her lawsuit against Montana State University-Northern, but was not awarded any monetary damages.

A 12-member jury returned the verdict about 9 p.m. Thursday after hearing four days of testimony in the lawsuit Jana Smith filed against the university. The jury found Northern negligent in its care of Smith while she played for the university, but found there was not enough proof that its negligence led to her knee injury. She had sought $130,000 in damages.

Smith, who played for Northern in the 1999-2000 season, filed a lawsuit in 2002 claiming tha...