Liberty Northwest Insurance v. Champion International Corp.

The petitioner, Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation, which insures the Stimson Lumber Company against workers’ compensation claims, filed a petition in the Workers’ Compensation Court of the State of Montana in which it sought a decision from that court that the disability of Stimson’s employee, Ronald Deschamps, was the result of an injury he sustained while employed by Champion International Corporation and, therefore, that Liberty was entitled to indemnification for benefits it paid to Deschamps. The Workers’ Compensation Court held that Deschamps’ disability was related to activities…