Flynn v. Montana State Fund

¶1 Petitioners Robert Flynn and Carl Miller (collectively 'Flynn”) appeal the Order of the Workers’ Compensation Court (WCC) defining the term “paid in full,” as used in the definition of “settled” workers’ compensation claims, for purposes of determining the retroactive application of judicial decisions. On appeal, we consider whether the WCC properly applied retroactivity principles in formulating a definition of “paid in full.”

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 We begin by summarizing the protracted history of this matter. This opinion marks the Court’s third decision since 2002,…