Briney v. Pacific Employers Insurance

The claimant, Brett Briney, filed an amended petition in the Workers’ Compensation Court for the State of Montana in which he sought partial disability benefits as a result of injuries he sustained during the course of his employment with Stauffer Chemical Company on May 24, 1981. In response, Stauffer’s insurer, Pacific Employers Insurance Company, denied that Briney’s disability was a result of his May 24, 1981, injury, and affirmatively alleged that Briney’s disability resulted from a series of events, some of which occurred during the course of his employment and some of which occurred…