Carrier's Discovery Abuse Results in Sanctions Striking Evidence, Testimony

The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court granted a worker’s motion to strike an insurance carrier’s surveillance video and witness testimony as a sanction for its failure to timely disclose and produce the footage during discovery. Case: Meyer v. Church Mutual Insurance Co., No. 2021-5544, 08/25/2021, published. Facts and procedural history: Over the course of two days in May 2021, the Church Mutual Insurance Co. had an investigator conduct video surveillance of Irene Meyer. On June 2, 2021, Meyer served Church Mutual with discovery requests that included pro...