The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court denied occupational disease benefits to a worker who was undisputedly exposed to asbestos because the medical evidence did not establish that she had asbestos-related pleural thickening.
Case: Warboys v. Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp., No. 2017-4127, 03/10/2020, published.
Facts: Holly Warboys is a longtime resident of Libby, Montana. She was exposed to the background or "ambient" level of Libby asbestos that existed when she was growing up, due to the vermiculite mine northwest of town.
Now in her 40s, Warboys has a body mass index...
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