Injured Worker Can Compel Employer to Produce Her Claim File

The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an insurance carrier must produce all the documents in its possession related to an employee’s workers’ compensation claim. Case: Bowman v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., No. 2021-5440, 05/27/2021, published. Facts: Leslie Bowman sustained an occupational disease in the course of her employment as a workers' compensation claims adjuster for Sedgwick Claims Management Service Inc. Sedgwick had insurance coverage with the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., which accepted liability for Bowman’s dise...