No Benefits for Supermarket Employee Who Failed to Provide Timely Notice of Injury

The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court denied a claim by a supermarket employee, finding her claim was not compensable because she did not timely notify her employer of her alleged injury. Case: Heichel v. Liberty Mutual Insurance, No. 2017-3947, 03/12/2018, published. Facts: Carmen Heichel worked as an assistant baker at Manito Super 1 Foods in Kalispell. The Super 1 employee handbook states that employees are required to report all injuries to a manager, and that the manager is required to have the employee fill out an incident report. On Sept. 21, 2015, Heichel allegedly injured ...