Worker Can't Get Enhanced Award for Delay in Payment

The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits due to an insurance carrier’s delay in accepting her claim for injuries. Case: Stevens v. Montana State Fund, No. 2018-4306, 10/23/2019, published. Facts and procedural history: Darrell Haugland and his wife own Yellowstone Tractor Co., a dealership in Belgrade. In December 2017, they opened a second dealership in a Stevensville strip mall. They hired Thomas Langeslag as the salesman at the new location. At the time the Stevensville dealership opened, there were at ...