Garmann v. E.R. Fegert Co.

Claimant appeals a Workers’ Compensation Court decision denying a lump sum award of benefits and refusing to impose a 20% penalty on the insurance company. Two issues are presented on appeal:(1) whether the Workers’ Compensation Court erred in refusing to order a lump sum award of future benefits to claimant;(2) whether the Workers’ Compensation Court erred in refusing to impose the statutory 20% penalty on the insurance company for its actions.

We affirm.

On March 21, 1981, claimant suffered multiple injuries while working for E. R. Fegert Co. in Zortman, Montana, including fractures of the…