Legal Opinion
Stavenjord v. Montana State Fund
Montana Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 2006No. 04-737PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cotter
¶1 Both parties appeal from an Order of the Workers’ Compensation Court (WCC) related to common fund attorney fees and retroactive application of our ruling in Stavenjord v. Montana State Fund, 2003 MT 67, 314 Mont. 466, 67 P.3d 229 (Stavenjord I). In Stavenjord I, we affirmed the WCC’s determination that: (1) application of § 39-72-405(2), MCA (1997), to Debra Stavenjord’s claim against Montana State Fund (State Fund) violated her constitutional equal protection rights, and (2) Stavenjord should receive benefits related to her occupational disease equal to benefits she would have received…
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