Latest Montana Headlines
All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Propane Truck Crash Spurs Evacuation In Montana
Dec 28 2011 // Missoula, Mont. authorities say part of Reserve Street is closed and the immediate area is being evacuated after a head-on collision between a propane truck and another vehicle. Reserve Street is closed between Mullan Road...
Montana Man Gets DUI Driving Wrong Way by Police Station
Dec 21 2011 // A Helena, Mont. man really picked the wrong place to drive the wrong direction with an open container of alcohol in his car. The Independent Record reports 32-year-old Lacen T. Stern was arrested on suspicion of felony...
Montana Farmers Get Hail Insurance Refund
Dec 15 2011 // The state says that Montana farmers who bought hail insurance will be getting a 25 percent refund. The Montana Hail Board made the decision after reviewing at a recent actuarial report at its annual meeting. The Montana...
Montana Superfund Site Cleanup Could Take 30 More Years
Dec 12 2011 // A project to clean up contamination caused by a former dry cleaner at a Bozeman, Mont. shopping center may take 30 more years and cost the city a total of $7.4 million. City commissioners voted earlier this week to sign a...
Federal Judge Rules Blogger Not Journalist in Defamation Case
Dec 9 2011 // A federal judge has ruled that a Montana blogger was not acting as a journalist when she lambasted an Oregon attorney in online statements that led to a $2.5 million defamation judgment against her. The ruling last week by...
Camelina Crop Insurance Available in Selected Montana Counties
Dec 2 2011 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a pilot program to provide crop insurance for camelina in selected counties in Montana and North Dakota beginning with the 2012 crop year. Oil from crushed camelina seeds...
Montana Bicyclist Falls on Icy Trail, Gets Nearly $100K
Nov 30 2011 // A bicyclist who was injured when he hit a patch of ice and crashed on a pedestrian/bike path in Florence, Mont. last winter has reached an out-of-court settlement worth nearly $100,000. The president of the Florence Park...
Montana State Fund Issues $6 Million Dividend
Nov 28 2011 // Montana State Fund says its workers’ compensation insurance policyholders will be getting a $6 million dividend. The board of directors authorized the refunds for January that will be sent to about 21,000...
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Nov 21 2011 // St. Petersburg, Fla.-based LIG Marine Managers announced that Richard C. Zolty has joined LIG as senior ccnsultant and longshore insurance development director. Zolty has 40 years of underwriting experience in workers...
Montana’s Occupational Injuries Down
Nov 21 2011 // The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s annual survey of occupational injuries and illnesses shows injuries and illnesses in private industry are dropping, though still far above the national average. Private...
Pipelines at Risk of Failure in Montana, Wyoming
Nov 17 2011 // Federal safety regulators disclosed problems Tuesday with oil and other hazardous liquid pipelines at seven major river crossings and hundreds of smaller crossings in Montana and northern Wyoming, problems that could put...
Montana’s Occupational Injuries Down
Nov 14 2011 // The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s annual survey of occupational injuries and illnesses shows injuries and illnesses in private industry are dropping, though still far above the national average. Private...
Parents of Montana Shooting Victim Sue Shooter’s Father
Nov 10 2011 // The parents of a 10-year-old boy who was shot and killed by another boy in March have filed a lawsuit against the shooter’s father and the apartment complex where the shooting occurred. The Great Falls Tribune...
Regulators Elect 2012 Officers; Florida’s McCarty Serves as President
Nov 4 2011 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has elected its 2012 officers. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin M. McCarty will serve as president, and Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James J. Donelon will...
Montana Court Rules Insurer Doesn’t Have to Pay in Dragging Death Case
Nov 2 2011 // The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that the family of a man who was run over and dragged by a cement truck is not covered under the vehicle’s insurance policy because he did not technically “occupy” the...
Montana Municipal Insurer Pays $500K to Settle Free Speech Claim
Oct 11 2011 // The city of Great Falls, Montana, has reached a $500,000 settlement with a Vaughn woman who filed a lawsuit after being escorted out of a 2007 City Commission meeting for exceeding a three-minute comment limit. District...
Montana Court Approves $43 Million Asbestos Deal
Oct 3 2011 // A Montana judge has approved a $43 million settlement for people sickened by exposure to asbestos from a mine, with a large part of that amount to be paid by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, court documents...
Court Approves $43 Million Montana Asbestos Settlement
Sep 19 2011 // A Montana judge has approved a $43 million settlement for people sickened by exposure to asbestos from a mine, with a large part of that amount to be paid by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, court documents...
Lawyers Claim Montana Workers’ Comp Investigators Violate Privacy
Sep 19 2011 // Two Billings attorneys are asking the Montana Supreme Court to stop workers’ compensation investigators from practices that they say violate the privacy rights of workers’ comp claimants. The Billings Gazette...
Hub Acquires Montana’s Mountain West Insurance
Sep 8 2011 // Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. has acquired some of the assets of Mountain West Insurance & Financial Services LLC, a Missoula, Mont.-based retail brokerage firm. Terms of the acquisition were not...
