Latest Montana Headlines
All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Montana To Ask State Top Court To Overturn Landmark Climate Ruling
Jul 10 2024 // Montana’s top court is set to hear the state’s appeal of a landmark ruling holding that it was violating the rights of young people to a clean and healthful environment by barring regulators from considering...
Gallagher Updates Regulation for Artificial Intelligence
May 22 2024 // Gallagher’s Cyber practice remains laser focused on emerging technology and the potential for increased risks as organizations begin to use them. Throughout 2024, we’re concentrated on evolving compliance...
Jury Rules BNSF Contributed to 2 Deaths in Montana Town Exposed to Asbestos
Apr 25 2024 // A federal jury said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened. The jury...
BNSF Says It Didn’t Know About Asbestos That’s Killed Hundreds in Montana Town
Apr 23 2024 // BNSF Railway attorneys told a Montana jury that the railroad should not be held liable for the lung cancer deaths of two former residents of an asbestos-contaminated Montana town, one of the deadliest sites in the federal...
Montana Asbestos Victims Want Buffett’s Railroad Company Held Responsible
Apr 18 2024 // An attorney for two people who died of a rare lung cancer argued this week for a jury to hold BNSF Railway responsible for pollution in a small Montana town near the U.S.-Canada border where thousands of people were...
Swiss Women Win Big in Landmark Climate Case. Where Do US Climate Cases Stand?
Apr 10 2024 // A landmark climate change ruling from the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday found that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat climate change, in a case...
Worker Dies at Montana Platinum and Palladium Mine, Triggering Temporary Mining Halt
Nov 15 2023 // A contract worker has died in a machinery accident at an underground precious metals mine in south-central Montana and work has temporarily stopped while the death is investigated, mine officials said. The worker was...
Neglect Has Hastened Patient Deaths at Montana Psychiatric Hospital, Lawsuit Says
Nov 3 2023 // Montana’s state psychiatric hospital has been so poorly run for decades that patients are unsafe and not treated with dignity and respect, which combined with a pattern of understaffing, lack of training and neglect...
Climate Change Can Cause U.S. Households ‘Significant Financial Strain’
Oct 5 2023 // Households can experience significant financial strain through pressures to income and expenses due to climate hazards, a report from the U.S. Department of Treasury shows. The report, The Impact of Climate Change on...
Montana Brokerage Owner Admits to Defrauding Customers
Sep 18 2023 // Kileen Moria Hagadone, 57, owner of Rosebud County Insurance Inc., pleaded guilty to wire fraud and to aggravated identity theft. Hagadone faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, $250,000 fine and three years of supervised...
Petroleum Asphalt Remains in Yellowstone River in Montana After Train Derailment
Sep 1 2023 // Two months after a railroad bridge collapse sent carloads of hazardous oil products plunging into Montana’s Yellowstone River, the cleanup workers are gone and a mess remains. Thick mats of tarry petroleum asphalt...
Montana Brokerage Owner Admits to Defrauding Customers
Aug 28 2023 // Kileen Moria Hagadone, 57, owner of Rosebud County Insurance Inc., pleaded guilty to wire fraud and to aggravated identity theft. Hagadone faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, $250,000 fine and three years of supervised...
More Funding for U.S.-Based Provider of Retained Climate Risk Reinsurance
Aug 17 2023 // Demex Group raised $5 million from a syndicate of existing and new investors the company says will address accumulating losses caused by secondary perils. The managing general agent, which “operates at the...
The Advance Pay Rule and Other Unique Aspects of Montana Claims Processing
Aug 16 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Montana, aka the Treasure State. Known for its breathtaking views, sub-zero winters, and… an insurance claims process that rivals Florida in nuance? If you’re...
Montana Clinic Files for Bankruptcy After $6M False Asbestos Claims Ruling
Aug 15 2023 // A health clinic in a Montana town plagued by deadly asbestos contamination has filed for bankruptcy protection after a judge ordered it to pay the government almost $6 million in penalties and damages for submitting...
Montana Youth Climate Activists Get Historic Win in State Case
Aug 14 2023 // A state judge ruled Monday that Montana’s oil and gas policies are infringing on young people’s constitutional rights to a safe environment, handing a big win to youth climate plaintiffs that will likely...
Pipeline Operators to Pay $12.5M After Crude Oil Spills in Montana, North Dakota
Aug 3 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced the settlement in a 2022 federal court lawsuit. Belle Fourche Pipeline Company and Bridger Pipeline LLC will pay the $12.5 million to resolve the claims made...
Investigators: Poor Track Conditions Caused Deadly 2021 Montana Amtrak Derailment
Aug 2 2023 // Poor track conditions that should have been flagged by a freight railroad company’s inspectors caused the derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana that killed three people and injured 49 others in 2021, federal...
Deck Collapse at Montana Country Club Leaves 30-Plus Injured During Popular Golf Tournament
Jul 24 2023 // More than 30 people were injured when a deck collapsed at a Montana country club during a weekend golf tournament, police and city officials said. The second-story patio floor of Billings` Briarwood Country Club broke and...
Train Derailment in Northern Montana Spills Freight
Jul 24 2023 // A train derailment in northern Montana spilled freight and left 25 cars tangled up along a major east-west railroad corridor but caused no injuries. The accident comes less than a month after a railroad bridge collapse in...
