Widow Can't Collect Medical Benefits if Worker's Bills Were Already Paid

The Montana Supreme Court ruled that a widow was not entitled to collect payment from the comp carrier for her late husband’s employer for the cost of medical bills that had been already been paid by a special fund. Case: Moreau v. Transportation Insurance Co., No. DA 17-0320, 01/02/2018, published. Facts: Edwin Moreau spent more than 30 years working for W.R. Grace & Co. at its vermiculite mine and processing mill in Libby, Montana. The vermiculite in the mine was contaminated with a form of naturally occurring asbestos called tremolite, which sickened many workers ...