Strickland v. State Compensation Mutual Insurance Fund

The appellant, Janet Strickland, filed a petition in the Workers’ Compensation Court for the State of Montana, in which she sought compensation from the State Compensation Mutual Insurance Fund for injuries she sustained in a two-car accident. The court denied Strickland’s claim on the basis that, at the time of the accident, she was not acting in the course and scope of her employment. Strickland appeals from the judgment which denied her petition. We affirm the Workers’ Compensation Court.

Strickland raises the following issues:

1. Was there substantial evidence to support the Workers’…