Beatty v. Wellman Power & Gas, Inc.

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is a workmen's compensation case arising from an industrial accident that allegedly occurred on November 13, 1972. Claimant Martin T. Beatty was employed as a pipefitter by Wellman Power and Gas, Inc. The Montana Workmen’s Compensation Division (hereinafter referred to as the Division) held that claimant failed to establish, by a preponderance of the credible evidence, that an industrial accident had in fact occurred and denied compensation.

On appeal to the district court, Deer Lodge County, additional evidence was presented…