Kloepfer v. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co.

This is an appeal from the Workers’ Compensation Court judgment denying Victoria Kloepfer permanent total disability benefits. We affirm.

The issue presented for review is whether the Workers’ Compensation Court erred in denying Kloepfer permanent total disability benefits.

FACTS

From April through September 1991 Kloepfer worked as a general laborer for Bechtel Construction Company at the Conoco Refinery in Billings, Montana. During that time, Kloepfer filed an occupational disease claim for an injury arising out of her employment at Bechtel. The claim was accepted and she participated in a…