Job Analysis Must Consider Worker's Unaggravated Preexisting Conditions

The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker’s preexisting conditions must be considered in a physician’s approval of a job analysis report serving as the basis for converting temporary total disability benefits to permanent partial disability benefits. Case: Crisler v. Zurich American Insurance Co., No.  PI-2025-0000974-WCI, 09/01/2026, published. Facts and procedural history: In April 2019, the Workers’ Compensation Court approved the settlement of Robert Crisler Jr.’s workers’ compensation claim for a back injury. The settlement...