Dispute Over Timeliness of Claim Can't Be Resolved by Summary Judgment

The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a dispute over the timeliness of a worker’s claim could not be determined, since there was a triable question about whether she reasonably believed she had been injured. Case: Begger v. Montana Health Network Workers’ Compensation Insurance Trust, No. 2018-4385, 05/14/2019, published. Facts: Danielle Begger worked for the Billings Clinic as a radiological technician. She began experiencing back pain on Dec. 14, 2017, after spending two hours repeatedly helping an obese patient sit up and lie down on an examination...