Shea to Replace McCarter on Mont. Court

The 12-year reign of Montana Workers' Compensation Court Judge Mike McCarter will end when his six-year term expires on Sept. 7. Gov. Brian Schweitzer appointed Jim Shea, a 39-year-old Missoula attorney who specializes in representing railroad workers' with their comp claims, to head the Workers' Compensation Court, the Associated Press reported over the weekend. The job pays $94,093 annually, the AP said. "I'm looking for new faces, new people to be involved in this government," Schweitzer said, according to the AP. McCarter and Michele Crepeau of East Helena, a state Revenue Departm...