Wallace v. Professional Farm Systems

¶ 1 The Claimant, Carl Wallace, filed a petition in the Workers’ Compensation Court seeking retroactive reinstatement of total disability benefits from the Defendant, State Compensation Insurance Fund. The Workers’ Compensation Court denied Wallace’s petition and Wallace appeals from that decision. We affirm the judgment of the Workers’ Compensation Court.

¶2 The sole issue raised on appeal is:

¶3 Did the Workers’ Compensation Court err when it held that the State Fund was not required to comply with the steps set forth in Coles v. Seven Eleven Stores (1985), 217 Mont. 343, 704 P.2d 1048, or…