Nielsen v. Beaver Pond, Inc.

This case arises out of the insurance carrier’s termination of the claimant’s temporary total disability benefits. These benefits stemmed from two industrial accidents that took place in 1975 and 1976 while the claimant was an employee of a Bozeman sporting goods store. When the carrier terminated the temporary total disability benefits, it placed the claimant on permanent partial disability benefits. After a hearing before Judge Hunt, who was thereafter replaced as Workers’ Compensation Judge, the temporary total benefits were temporarily reinstated. However, Judge Hunt was replaced by the…