Montana State Fund v. Murray

¶ 1 The Workers’ Compensation Court determined that the Montana State Fund, rather than Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, is the workers’ compensation insurer liable for compensation payable for Carl Murray’s occupational disease, including disability and medical expenses for knee replacements. The State Fund appeals, and we affirm.

¶2 While the State Fund raises the overall issue on appeal of whether the Workers’ Compensation Court erred in holding the State Fund liable for Murray’s occupational disease, it breaks that question down into three subissues which we restate and…