Conn v. Quality Inn

The Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Workers’ Compensation Division, ruled that the statute of limitations barred respondent Anita M. Conn’s compensation claim. The Workers’ Compensation Court reversed that decision, and her employer, Quality Inn, and its insurer, the State Compensation Insurance Fund, now appeal. We affirm.

The appellants raise the single issue of whether the Workers’ Compensation Court erred in holding that the claimant was entitled to an extension of the statute of limitations under § 39-71-601(2), MCA (1985), because she did not become aware of her disability…