Court Hits Employer With $28,259 Penalty for Failing to Secure Comp Insurance

The Montana Worker’s Compensation court upheld the assessment of a $28,259.82 penalty against a construction company for failing to provide insurance coverage to its employees for a period of 17 months. Case: Crabtree v. Department of Labor & Industry, No. 2017-3958, 11/03/2017. Facts and procedural history: Bart Crabtree runs a construction company doing business as Lodestar Builders. In January 2016, the Uninsured Employers' Fund sent him a notice saying it had been informed that he employed workers without carrying workers' compensation insurance coverage. The UEF w...