Taylor v. Columbia Falls Aluminum Co.

Defendant, National Union Fire Insurance Company (Appellant), appeals the judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Court awarding Thomas Taylor 500 weeks of permanent partial disability benefits under § 39-71-703, MCA (1985), at the maximum biweekly compensation rate. We affirm.

The sole issue on appeal is:

Whether the Workers’ Compensation Court erred in awarding permanent partial disability benefits to the claimant under § 39-71-703, MCA (1985).

At the time of trial, claimant Thomas Taylor was 44 years old, married, with four children. Mr. Taylor graduated from high school in Livingston, Montana…