Legal Opinion

Hiett v. Missoula County Public Schools

Montana Supreme Court

Decided August 14, 2003No. 02-043PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cotter

¶1 Eula Mae Hiett (Hiett) appeals the Workers’ Compensation Court’s (WCC) determination that she was not entitled to payment for certain prescription drugs. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.

¶2 Hiett presents one issue on appeal-did the WCC err when it determined that she was not entitled to payment for prescription drugs necessary to control pain and depression resulting from her compensable back injury?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 On March 1,1996, Hiett, then 59 years old, had been working for sixteen years as a custodian for the Missoula County Public Schools’ (School…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. S.L.H. v. State Compensation Mutual Insurance FundMontana Supreme Court · 2000
  2. State v. PriceMontana Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Rausch v. State Compensation Insurance FundMontana Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Johnson v. Marias River Electric Cooperative, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 1984
  5. State Compensation Insurance Fund v. McMillanMontana Supreme Court · 2001

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Colmore v. Uninsured Employers FunMontana Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Simms v. State Compensation Insurance FundMontana Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Hardgrove v. Transportation InsuranceMontana Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Vleet v. Montana Ass'n of Counties Workers' Compensation TrustMontana Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Montana State Fund v. MurrayMontana Supreme Court · 2005

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