Torres v. State

Ana Maria Torres appeals an order of the District Court for the Eighteenth Judicial District, Gallatin County, dismissing her negligence complaint against the State of Montana. The court granted summary, judgment in favor of the State, ruling that the exclusive remedy provision of the Occupational Disease Act barred Torres from bringing suit against the State after she had successfully pursued an occupational injury claim against it. We affirm.

The issue is whether the court erred in entering summary judgment.

Torres was admitted to Montana State University (MSU) in 1985 to pursue her doctorate…