Thompson v. State

¶1 Lee Thompson, Darin Sharp, and Scott Bailey (collectively, “the Workers”) each filed claims in the Workers’ Compensation Court (‘WCC”) for workers’ compensation benefits. In a separate action, the Workers jointly filed a Petition for Declaratory Judgment in the WCC, naming the State of Montana (“State”) as the sole respondent. They sought a declaration stating that the claimant disclosure procedures, specifically the claimant disclosure waiver provisions set forth in §§ 39-*51371-604(3) and 50-16-527(5), MCA (2003)1 violated their state constitutional right to privacy and deprived them of…