Smith v. Pierce Packing Co.

This is an appeal by the insurance carrier from the findings and conclusions of the Workers’ Compensation Court, dated September 29, 1977, awarding claimant further compensation for a temporary total disability, attorney fees, and the statutory 10 percent penalty for the carrier’s unreasonable termination of benefits.

We note this case was classified as a Class No. 2 case and decided without oral argument.

Claimant was injured on February 4, 1974, while in the course of his employment with Pierce Packing Company of Billings, Montana, when a 300 pound pig carcass fell on his leg, causing a…