The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s rulings against the state Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board. The board had sued four insurance companies for compensation for more than $2 million in payments it made to cover the cleanup …
Montana State Insurance Commissioner John Morrison has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a legal dispute before the U.S. Supreme Court over an insurance company’s dual role of paying disability benefits and deciding whether employees are eligible for them. Morrison filed …
A federal appeals court panel has upheld a lower court’s decision ordering the U.S. Forest Service and a snowmobiler to pay nearly $10.2 million to a Michigan man who suffered severe brain injuries when he was struck by a snowmobile …
Montana legislative analysts agreed that more money is needed to fight fires in Montana but called the state’s current system for funding wildfire suppression “convoluted” and raised concerns about some of Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s special session requests. The governor called …
Montana legislative analysts agreed that more money is needed to fight fires in Montana but called the state’s current system for funding wildfire suppression “convoluted” and raised concerns about some of Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s special session requests. The governor called …
