Legal Opinion
Sturchio v. Wausau Underwriters Insurance
Montana Supreme Court
Decided December 4, 2007No. DA 07-0133PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Leaphart
¶1 Wausau Underwriters Insurance Company (Wausau) appeals from the judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Court (WCC). We affirm.
¶2 We restate the issue as follows:
¶3 Did the WCC err when it interpreted § 39-71-123, MCA (2003), to allow the use of multiple methods to calculate Sturchio’s average actual wage from concurrent employments?
BACKGROUND
¶4 On June 11, 2005, Augustina Sturchio (Sturchio) suffered a back injury while working as an on-call certified nursing assistant (CNA) for Priorcare at Liberty County Nursing Home in Chester, Montana. Wausau accepted the claim and began paying medical…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State v. PriceMontana Supreme Court · 2002
- Boettcher v. Montana Guaranty FundMontana Supreme Court · 2007
- Wilson v. Liberty Mutual Fire InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 1995
- Simms v. State Compensation Insurance FundMontana Supreme Court · 2005
- King v. State Compensation Insurance FundMontana Supreme Court · 1997
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